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Test 3 is a bit different:
• "Open" one page of notes, plus a dictionary;
otherwise, closed book.
• Analyze & evaluate a written speech.
• Work as an individual--no group work.
• Four questions
– including one asking you to create a section of
a Commemorative speech.
• Still: Bring a Blue Book!
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Last Lecture
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Last Lecture
CMU Prof.
Randy Pausch
"Really achieving your childhood dreams"
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The responsibility of a speaker
giving an Informative Speech, is to say
something worth hearing.
giving a Persuasive Speech, is to answer the
audience's doubts & objections.
giving a Special Occasion Speech, is to
remind the audience of what's really
important.
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Resources you'll need to give
a great Special Occasion
speech.
1. A point!
2. Compelling organization.
3. Compelling language.
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1. Your point: What is
important?
General purpose:
to inspire ("Commemorative")
to entertain ("After Dinner")
Specific Purpose
Central Idea
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Example: the "Last Lecture"
Specific Purpose: to entertain and inspire us
with stories of how he achieved--and failed
to achieve--his childhood dreams.
Central Idea: In dreaming, trying, and
failing we learn the imagination,
perseverance and sense of fun we need to
succeed--and to help others succeed, too.
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Central Idea=Basic Values
Values are what is most important.
• the things we care about
• our visions of what we want to achieve
• what makes us who we are
either as individuals or as a community.
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ISU Students--what are your values?
What do you really care about?
What makes you who you are?
What "hats"
do ISU
students wear?
What makes you
who you are, as a community?
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You might think of it this way:
As a Special Occasion speaker,
you are creating community.
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So remember:
Whether you are aiming to entertain or to
inspire,
you should have a Central Idea-one that expresses the values you want to
remind your audience about.
You should leave your audience thinking!
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2. Compelling organization
Remember all these? Use them!
Speech Introductions (CARRP), Speech
Conclusions, Connectives, Outlining,
Patterns of Organization
Likely organizational scheme:
Topical.
So remember:
Have a reason for why your points
are in the order they are!
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3. Compelling language.
Why use "high style"?
• "Dress up" your speech.
• Reinforce your organization.
• Make your values real for your audience.
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Values are...
but language can
make them...
Abstract
Concrete
General
Specific
Things you can't see,
hear, touch...
Things you can see,
hear, touch...
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FREEDOM
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So remember: Use vivid
language.
Techniques in textbook:
Imagery
– Concrete words
– Simile
– Metaphor
Rhythm
– Alliteration
– Repetition
– Parallelism
– Antithesis
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Three key standards for
assessing a Special Occasion
speech:
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1. The Central Idea
expresses shared values.
2. The organization is
compelling.
3. The language is
compelling.
(manuscript delivery)
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What's to come
• Friday: Experiments with language
• Monday: Impromptu speeches
• Wednesday: Test 3!
(see online study guide)
• All bonus work (end of 14th week)
• Optional final exam
(replaces quizzes; see online, & email me)
• Outside speech evaluation assignment
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Lecture: "The skeptical
environmentalist's guide to
global warming.
TONIGHT!
Memorial Union,
Sun Room
6:00 p.m.
Bjorn Lomborg
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yesterday
beginning of
semester
one
year
ago
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Lecture: "Pearls, politics &
power: How women can win
and lead."
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Thursday, 24 April
7:30 p.m.
Memorial Union,
Great Hall
Madeleine Kunin,
Three time governor of Vermont
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Course evaluations
today
dead week
Lecturer
Lab instructor
Overall course design/
syllabus
Supervision of staff
Lecture sessions
Quizzes/WebCT
Tests/Exam
Lab sessions
Speech grading
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How to give feedback
• Focus on what's most important
• Be specific & detailed
• Give advice about how to do better
• Take personal responsibility ("I think/feel")
and be civil
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What have you achieved?
Ten years from now, you will be giving great
speeches and presentations.
Now, you know from experience:
• that you can stand up and speak.
• some techniques for how to do it.
• why it is important.
• that public speaking can be fun!
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