1st qt Flashcards
Delivering a speech in front of a large audience in a fornmal situation
Public speaking
Techniques of Public Speaking (M 3P BT)
Master your content Practice your pauses Practice your speech Peer feedback Be calm Take deep breaths
4 Factors that affect Public Speaking (1M 3V)
Mental Portion
Verbal Section
Visual segment
Vocal portion
4 Portions: imagining the challenges
Mental portion
4 Portions: refers to speaker-audience connection
Visual Segment
4 Portions: speech patterns
Vocal portion
Objects that refer to the subject (a necessary pronoun)
Reflexive Pronouns
used to emphasize a noun or a pronoun (can be omitted)
Intensive pronouns
is the type of writing that tries to convince a reader to do or to believe what you believe about a certain topic.
Persuasive writing
What is the goal of persuasive writing?
To persuade
Where can persuasive writing be found?
Advertisements
Newspapers, magazines, essays, etc.
Speeches, petitions, cartoons, etc.
Blogs, webpages, social media sites
(everywhere)
4 P’s and 1 W
Pick your topic & audience Pick your side Pick your references (research) Plan Write
what are the parts of a persuasive essay?
Introductory paragraph
Body Paragraphs
Conclusion
the goal or the three main points
Thesis statement
What does the Introductory paragraph contain
Contains the Hook and the thesis statement
What does the body paragraph contain?
Contains 3 paragraphs, support for the three main points, and the other side of the argument
What does the conclusion contain?
summary, solution, action, prediction
What are the do’s of persuasive writing?
Use sure language Use an exciting hook Support your 3 main arguments & thesis statement Organize your body paragraphs Use transitional words
What are the dont’s of persuasive writing?
Have your thesis statement interrogative form Try to pass off opinions as facts Start every sentence with the same word Attack the opposition Forget to have fun
Three types of claims
Fact
Value
Policy
a statement that can be proved or disproved with factual evidence
Claim of Fact
a statement that expresses approval or disapproval, prove if something is right or wrong, good or bad, etc.
Claim of Value
a statement that assert that one course of action is superior to another.
Claim of Policy
Techniques to add emphasis (PICDIA)
Passive Voice Inverted word order Cleft sentences: It, What Do or did Intensifying adverbs Assertion (straightforward)
