The Book I chose was Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. The genre of this book is young adult fiction. It takes place in the forest of Canada. The book doesn't mention the time that the story takes place. Although, it does say the his mother dropped him off in Hampton, New York in the beginning. This book is about a boy named Brian Robeson who is riding in a private airplane to Canada. At the beginning of the ride, the pilot invited him to help in the cockpit and then the pilot had an unfortunate heart attack. Brian’s plan was to fly until he saw some one to help him but then realized that he would run out of gas eventually. So, he found an open space in the forest with a lake and crashed the plane there. He thought that someone would find him within…
This book is talking about an adventure of a boy called Brian Robeson. He is thirteen-year-old. He is on his way to visit his father, a mechanical engineer in the oil fields of Canada. He fly to Canada with a single engine Cessna 406 bush plane. On their way to the airport, his mother gives him a hatchet. At first, he doesn't want to wear it, but his mother is so insistent that he relents.…
The two main elements of Benjamin Zanders presentation that stood out the most to me was the exercises about impulses within music and how the audience was able to identify them within a classical piece and then the fact that nobody is tone deaf. The impulse within music and how the audience was able to identify them within a classical piece was significant to me because it was an easy way for those in the audience who had no experience with music to pick up the subtle ideas of how to follow the music. Then the fact nobody was tone deaf was significant to me because I thought that most amateur ears would not be able to follow with a scale. However, after hearing what the audience sang it made me realize how true that statement is and how easy…
Pastor Dave Galbraith talked with a loud volume with his booming voice, which could easily be heard by all members of the audience, especially with the use of a microphone. To show excitement, promote emphasis, and keep interest, his volume modulated at important points. His voice was clear and easy to understand, and used proper articulation or enunciation. I did not notice many, if any, mispronounced words. A couple of times, he did say, “uh” and “um” when he spoke, but they were very infrequent. Since he spoke at an average rate that wasn’t too fast or too slow, with adequate pauses, he was very easy to follow along with. His pitch was reasonable, and not too high or too low. His vocal quality was rich, full, and pleasant, rather than breathy or nasally. (C11)…
How well did the speaker connect with the audience? Did she or he develop a sense of relevancy? In other words, how did the speaker relate the topic to the audience? Why is this a topic about which the audience should…
The Ted Talk by Julian Treasures’ reflected his views on successfully speaking to engage an audience to listen and understand. To build credibility he spoke confidently about his past Ted Talk speeches and visually showed the audience his knowledge when becoming inclusively vocal. He also included images for visual representation and an acronym which showed his knowledge and research on the topic. He used Pathos methods to engage his audience by adding humour into his speech and incorporating audience participation when he presented his vocal practice. This proved to be extremely evident as the audience became more interested and positive after participating.…
The vocal delivery was effective in that he simply did not focus on the content of the message, but made his speech relational. The speaker had good quality of voice because he was able to use his voice to enhance the words of the message by keeping a good volume, having a conversational tone and vocal control.…
Delivery tone and body language is very important when connecting to the audience. Matt tone was perfect for the occasion and the topic of choice with the audience. It wasn't demanding by yet persuasive enough to get me to start my first 30 day challenge. He connected well with the audience using his body language and visual aides to get his points and thoughts across. The presentation was very well put and easy to understand.…
Many have encouraged me to read Gary Paulsen's Hatchet, finally I decided to give it a try. I'm not a huge fan of reading, however I was told that I would thoroughly enjoy every page of what was described as an "edge of my seat" read. I love a good book that puts you on edge and makes one feel like he or she absolutely must know the events on the next page. Therefore, how could I turn down a persuasion like that? I had to get a hold of this fictional novel.…
2.- Describe a speech or presentation where speaker volume was a problem (exclude examples of malfunctioning PA systems). How did this experience affect your bias concerning the topic and speaker? Why is it important to consider and ensure appropriate voice, volume, pitch, rate, pauses, variety, pronunciation, articulation, and dialect when preparing a speech? You may draw on real-life experiences or create a hypothetical scenario to complete this discussion.…
On the surface, Henry James’, “Turn of the Screw” has all of the qualities of an innocent old-fashioned ghost story, but underneath there is much more. The use of ambiguity appears frequently throughout the novel and the reader is left to decide a lot on their own; Are the ghosts real? Who can actually see the ghosts? Which characters can the reader really rely on? These questions can be answered in a variety of different ways, but who is to say which answer is the correct one? The biggest case of ambiguity appears at the very end of the ghost story with the death of Miles.…
As this is one of my favorite classes, I can remember several lessons that were entertaining this past year. One of the first materials that come to mind is when we did the presentations about whatever we wanted. A recent topic, I enjoyed was reading The Crucible as a class. I also recall finding Edgar Allen Poe's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" amusing but slightly disturbing. The element I enjoy most about PowerePoints is researching the information. Although presenting them is something I am not inclined to doing, being allowed to select the subject of the PowerPoint was especially pleasing to me. Reading The Crucible as a class was surprisingly highly entertaining to me. I considered the various people’s perspectives, reading the lines…
Tone is also a vitality in the credibility of the monster’s words. In essence, tone lies in the words used and how they are used. Here, the monster is…
6. The reader doesn't know if the ghost is good or bad because the ghost won't speak. The men only know that the ghost looks like old king hamlet.…
Hatchet is the story of a 13-year-old boy named Brian. On a trip to the Canadian oil fields to spend the summer with his dad, the pilot of the Cessna he was traveling in suffered a heart attack and died. Brian landed the plane in the forest. Brian learned to survive in the wilderness with only a hatchet that his mother had recently given him.…