Sarah Bundy Sheri Waltz Speech 103 14 March 2017 Informational Speech: Amber Alert Introduction: Attention Gaining Device: Have you ever been missing? Has your mom or dad ever lost you in the store? SOUND CURIOUS Credibility Statement: Well, my mom has lost me once or twice.
Speech Annotation Report “The Boys of Fall” refers to the season of fall and when you think of fall, you think of Friday night football games. Several speeches, songs and even poems have been written about these times. Now when I think of the Boys of Fall I refer to the Friday Night Lights Coach Gaines “Sincere Warfare” speech. Coach Gaines uses several rhetorical devices, such as ethos, pathos, logos, hyperbole’s, and anaphora. A hyperbole is defined as a big exaggeration.
Mary McLeod Bethune was the 15th of 17 children born to former slaves, Samuel and Patsy McLeod. Her parents and siblings endured many hardships because of slavery. However, Mary McLeod Bethune persevered through all of those challenges and became one of America’s greatest educators. The purpose of this paper is to bring awareness about her life, education and political success which validates her as an American hero.
Some of you in here babysit younger siblings or other small children. After you have them play outside and they are hot and sweaty, it feels good to bring them back in the house and cool them off with a big glass of Kool-Aid. After they have their Kool-Aid and are cooled off, you really don’t want to go bring them back outside where it is hot, so you decide to play with play dough. But you don’t have any playdough in the house.
The students in attendance, who are accustomed to fruitless lectures from adults and are ready to move on to their own real lives, routinely tune a college graduation commencement speech out. Even the adults in the audience ignore the speaker as they utter a meaningless message. However, the University of Virginia's 2016 graduating class would be lucky enough to receive their commencement speech from Rita Dove, a very accomplished African American poet, who would be sure not to leave the audience empty-handed. With her words, she does more than just give students a weak assortment of advice or stories; she captivates the audience. She opens by establishing her goal: to encourage instead of advise, which coerces the audience to lean into what
In this distinguished text about a freed slave and women’s rights activist, Sojourner Truth, the author makes the claim that Sojourner Truth did many “amazing things” in her long life. The author introduces this claim by explaining the life of Sojourner Truth and how she got to be who she was, and why she did so many of these “amazing things”. This topic is well-conveyed by the many examples of the things Sojourner accomplished. The author makes the story feel deep, almost so that people can feel for all of the hardships and sacrifices that Sojourner Truth made so that she could help people.
Introduction I. (demonstrates duck calling) II. By a show of hands who knows what I just did. What I just did is called duck calling.
A 20th century survey named her as one of the most famous civilians in American history before the Civil War. She continues to inspire generations of American’s struggling for civil rights with her bravery and bold
Name: Brooke Bowyer Speech Topic: Kristi Yamaguchi General Purpose: Inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about renown figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi Thesis Statement: Through her accomplishments as an Olympic gold medalist, author, mother, wife and philanthropist, Kristi Yamaguchi exemplified what it is to be a professional woman athlete. I. Introduction A. ATTENTION GETTER: So how many of you have had the chance to experience the very fun yet difficult activity of ice-skating?
Napping General purpose: To inform. Specific purpose: To inform the audience about the effects of napping, including some of its health benefits and drawbacks, and how the duration and circadian timing of a nap can optimize the beneficial effects of a nap. Central idea: A nap is generally referred to as a ‘short sleep’.
We, as a species have a hard time admitting when we are wrong. How do you live with something that has no cure? Sure, they have medication and counseling that can help subdue the problem for a short time being, but, it’s always there, haunting the corners of your mind. Attention Deficit Disorder, or ADD is a somewhat commonly known. People sort of know what it is, but that doesn’t mean that they completely understand what it is.
Informative Speech Self Evaluation 1.What did you do well in your informative presentation? Be specific. Use examples from your speech. I have learned several things that I need to improve for upcoming speeches. I made many mistakes in my previous speech.
Imagine entering your local food store and seeing that items most people eat everyday have been discontinued. Items such as coffee, apples, cucumbers and honey are no longer available to consumers. This may not be possible in our generation, but one day it could very well happen. My name is Matt Shaw from the Millsap FFA, and I am here today to talk to you about a major issue that is facing agriculture, the honeybee population.
Reflecting to Roberta Pearson’s “Menace of the Movies” and examples of early films, the essay will review the historical aspects and both sides of criticism that accompanied the process of establishment of cinema as the art form. In the inception, cinematography encountered adverse criticism. At the time when cinema was trying to
I. The world consumes about 2.25 billion cups of it every day, it is also the world’s second most valuable traded commodity, and drinking it can improve blood flow. A. This valued commodity is coffee. B. Americans alone drink 54% of coffee every day. II.
