Sunday, October 14, 2012
Week 8 Post 3
For Speech Buddy Videos for chapter 9 the topics were about introduction and conclusion paragraphs. It was pretty basic knowledge, and was covered in reading. Once again, it was explained that to have a good introduction you need to get the attention from the audience, state your purpose, state your thesis, and preview the main points. When you prepare a conclusion you need to review main points, reinforce your purpose, and provide closure. The conclusion is your last chance to state what you haven't already. The examples in the conclusion video were very good, but the last speaker I thought should have stated the example of the car accident in the introduction. It seemed more of a statement for building your purpose or thesis. In the chapter 13 videos, their presentations were both good. They both had great eye contact, and their slides weren't filled up with information. Sometimes when people present slides with too much information, I tend to quickly scan them because I don't know where to start. It's nice seeing speeches, but at the same time makes me nervous. They all seem so confident and like experts. Hopefully my next one will go smoothly!
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I thought this new chapter was more like review as well. Most of it is something that we have all covered since grade school in English classes. It was definitely good to just review some of that information though. It was helpful to read up on example of good attention getters. I often find it difficult to just begin writing my introduction, so I often just skip straight ahead to the body. But this section reminded me of some good ways to begin writing about my topic. A problem that I have when writing my introductions is that I often find it difficult to separate my thesis, purpose, and main points. For some reason, they all end up being smashed into one sentence. The review of this information was a good reminder of how to begin my speech.
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