Chapter 2 How do you select a topic? 1. Identify the general purpose of your speech To inform: The giving of information is the aim of this general purpose. To describe‚ explain or demonstrate. To persuade: When your goal is to reinforce‚ to change‚ or to influence the attitudes‚ values‚ beliefs‚ or actions of your audience‚ you aim to persuade. To accentuate a special occasion: To entertain‚ to celebrate‚ or to commemorate is the aim of a special occasion speech. Create an idea bank
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Myth or Reality? Identify whether each of the following sentences is a myth or a reality. Explain your answers. 1. You communicate only when you consciously and deliberately choose to communicate. Myth or Reality 2. Words do not mean the same things to the listener as they do to the speaker. Myth or Reality 3. You communicate primarily with words. Myth or Reality 4. Nonverbal communication is not perceived solely through sight. Myth or Reality
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Information Gathering Techniques Effective information gathering is the most basic perspective-widening tool an effective leader requires. Good quality information marks out the context in which the leader operates‚ creates the information patterns from which ideas emerge‚ and provides the criteria by which ideas are screened and assessed. When you successfully gather information and assess questions or problems‚ you will increase your first-level resolutions. As you perfect your assessment skills
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explained specifically. Arguments/viewpoints supported by evidence from reference material‚ data or examples. Logical progression of ideas. Demonstrates a high level of quality research into the topic utilising the textbook plus 6 or more relevant sources of good quality and variety. Conclusion: All aspects drawn together in a brief‚ concise summary. Consistent with findings‚ no new material introduced but may finish with some implications or a comment on the future of the issue. Presentation:
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There were many inequalities in the novel Gathering Blue. Inequalities that were not necessary and could have been fixed. Many of the problems were due to people being selfish and not wanting everybody to be equal. Kira‚ the main character‚ was subjected to most of the inequalities. She was deemed imperfect by everyone and it changed her life. In the novel Gathering Blue‚ not all people have the same rights; Mainly the physically imperfect people‚ the talented and the poor people. Kira is just
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Evaluation has been a natural thing to do since human beings started their civilization. In different branches of disciplines‚ various evaluations changed spontaneously to cater to the need of development. In the college education‚ evaluation of professors has been based on the reflection of students for hundreds years. However‚ student evaluation has become very high-stakes for professors in recent decades‚ because the evaluation result is highly related to professors’ future career. Many scholars
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harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance. Victory is the success in a struggle against difficulties or an obstacle. Allegiance‚ revenge‚ and allegiance; these are all three reoccurring themes in Ernest J. Gaines’s novel‚ “A Gathering of Old Men.” This novel takes place in a 1970’s Louisiana plantation where a murder has occurred. The plantation ’s boss‚ Beau Baton‚ has been murdered as the story begins. The actions of each character in the novel open a new world of possibilities
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Information gathering and Accounting/Business techniques Information gathering Lucky Cement is listed on Karachi Stock exchange therefore getting information was never really a big problem. As primary data LCL’s own website http://www.lucky-cement.com was a big source of information for me‚ but I had to look into other secondary sources like company’s annual reports‚ newspaper‚ internet etc to make my analysis more comprehensive I used the following secondary sources to gather my information
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The book Gathering Blue is the story of a young weaver named Kira who lives in a community. The community is somewhat primitive and does not have running water and people live in cotts made out of brambles and sticks. Kira’s mother dies and Kira has to sit with her at the field per the way they mourn. When she returns to rebuild her cott on her mother’s space‚ another woman with a scar across her face challenges her for the land area. Kira has a foot that drags and has much pain from it. She has
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The Gathering Storm by Winston Churchill War has always been a part of human life and the growth of every country in the world. It was either war between two or more countries or war within the country. Some countries fought to gain independence‚ some start a fight as a payback to the assassination of their heir throne‚ some fight to expand its power and some just fight because they are allies to a country at war. No matter what the reason of war is‚ war has left a great impact on how things are
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