11. Writing Speeches: Impact & Beauty

 


Homework revision



Class Work


POTENTIAL QUESTIONS TO ASK WHEN ENGAGING IN CRITICAL READING/ LISTENING:



What is the subject?

What is the thesis (the overall main point)? If asked, could you summarize the main idea?


Who is the intended audience?


What is the writer's purpose? To explain? Inform? Anger? Persuade? Amuse? Motivate? Sadden? Ridicule? Attack? Defend? Is there more than one purpose? Does the purpose shift at all throughout the text?

What methods does the writer use to develop his/her ideas? Narration? Description? Definition? Comparison? Analogy? Cause and Effect? Example?

What pattern does the author use for the arrangement of ideas?

Particular to general, broad to specific, spatial, chronological, alternating, or problem solving?

Does the writer use adequate transitions to make the text unified and coherent?

Do you think the transitions work well?

In what way does the writer use diction?

Is the language emotionally evocative? Does the language change throughout the piece? How does the language contribute to the writer's aim?



Are there any repetitions of important terms throughout the text? Are these repetitions effective, or do they detract from the text?

Does the writer present any particularly vivid images that stand out? What is the effect of these images on the writer's purpose?

Are there any tropes--similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole, comparisons, contrasts, etc. that are employed by the writer?


Are there any other devices such as humor, wordplay, irony, sarcasm, understatement, or parody that are used in the text?


Is there any information about the background of the writer?

PLAN OF THE RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF A SPEECH


1. Introduction



2. Main part




3. Conclusion



Homework


1. Analyze your own speech in accordance with the plan in this presentation.
2. Watch a documentary “Body Language Decoded: What Every Body is Saying.” Make notes on important and interesting facts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWouAGdMI_g&ab_channel=ReelTruthScienceDocumentaries