When I found out I was taking a public speaking course I became very anxious. I am a very shy and quiet person with no public speaking experience. My nerves are one major obstacle that has held me back from ever attempting to speak in public. The knowledge that I have gained from this course has changed my overall outlook on speaking in front of an audience. It has also helped me to learn a great amount of tools to assist me in the writing process of a speech. One topic that I found very intriguing
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14 Figures of Speech EN9/NCSHS Figure of speech is intentional departure from straight-forward‚ literal use of language for the purpose of clarity‚ emphasis‚ or freshness of expression. In general or broadest sense‚ its purpose is to make expression more effective‚ more striking and more beautiful. One special effect of it is developing thinking skill for it indeliberately hides a true meaning presented in another form or figure. While there are about 250 identified figures of speech‚ fourteen
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In their article “Speaking Different Languages” by John Grey and ‘sex‚ Lies‚ and Conversation: Why Is It Hard for Men and Women to Talk to Each Other?” by Deborah Tannen explains how men and women should make an effort to understand each other’s expectations when it comes to communication. Because they interpret language differently‚ they have different body language‚ and they solve problems differently. First‚ men and women need to understand each other’s expectation. Without communication they
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It is easy to see that the creativity that often goes into these tropicana speech topics is truly amazing and inspirational for instructors and kids. I can state clearly that the Tropicana Public Speaking contest brings out the best of the mind and the pride of each participant in grades 4 through 6. Teachers also participate actively on the educational path to success and self-esteem building. They help the pupils and students: to create‚ write‚ and present their tropicana speech in public;
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better known in the west as North Korea. The job entailed raising translations into English that Koreans had made of the works of their President‚ Kim Il Sung‚ his son and heir apparent Kim Jong Il‚ and sundry other propaganda. A certain amount of kudos seemed to attach to this job. The advert stated that the successful applicant would be the first Briton to reside in this country since before the Second World War. The application forms were being issued by a Leeds University lecturer named Aidan
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SPCM 101 Chapter 15: Speaking to Inform There are three criteria for effective informative speaking: 1. The information should be communicated accurately. 2. The information should be communicated clearly. 3. The information should be made meaningful and interesting to the audience. I. Informative speeches can be classified into four types A. Some informative speeches are about objects. 1. Speeches about objects describe something that is visible‚ tangible‚ and stable in
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Stick Figure The book which I will be talking about‚ is an autobiography‚ Stick Figure‚ written by Lori Gottlieb. The setting of this book is Beverly Hills‚ in the year of 1978. The main character‚ Lori is an intelligent eleven year old girl. She is surrounded by people who live a lifestyle on being rich‚ doing diets and trying to be thin and surrounded by messages of the “perfect body” for women. Every female she comes across‚ from peer to adult‚ is on a diet‚ counts calories‚ avoids desserts
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English Language and Linguistics 16.2: 261–280. C Cambridge University Press 2012 doi:10.1017/S1360674312000056 A bit of this and a bit of that: on social identification in Early and Late Modern English letters MINNA NEVALA University of Helsinki (Received 10 December 2011; revised 29 February 2012) This article deals with the use of deictic pronouns this/these and that/those as demonstrative determiners in person-referential terms in Early and Late Modern English personal letters. The
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Public Speaking Self-Reflection JEREMY ROSS COMM/218 May 7‚ 2014 Public Speaking Self-Reflection In order for public speaking to become a skill‚ there are a few areas in which I need to improve to make it a suitable strength. Public speaking is not a weakness for me but I would like to transform it into one of my strengths. During my two minute presentation‚ I found that in order to do this I need to improve my ability to perform long speeches without hesitation‚ maintain eye contact‚ and
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1. What are some of your stronger public speaking skills? List and explain several examples. After completing the Demonstrative Speech‚ I feel that I had several strong public speaking skills. The first I would like to discuss‚ is my introduction. My introduction included an attention getter‚ reason to listen‚ thesis‚ and transition to the first main point. The attention getter I used was a summary of blood pressure from ATI’s Nursing Education skills module on vital signs. The summary included
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