Chapter 24: Persuasive Speaking Goal: reach desired ends through an honest means I. Persuasion ‘the art’ –faculty of observing in a given case the available means of persuasion. Persuasion is symbolic‚ non-coercive (not forced) influence 3 factors: Context—social‚ cultural‚ political climate Agent—persuader Receiver—audience **Equal opp. To persuade‚ Complete revelation of agendas—let audience know complete list of goals and how you intend to get audience there‚ Critical receivers—have
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The Decade of Fear was essentially caused by one man – Joseph McCarthy. When he served on the Senate from 1947-1957‚ he seemed to make it his personal mission to eradicate all traces of communism from the earth (or at least America). Right away‚ he went after Hollywood‚ black-listing anyone involved in the entertainment industry whom he thought might be linked with communists. The following year‚ he released a list to the public with the names of 154 organizations he believed to have communist affiliations
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For many people‚ death is the source of an all-consuming - if abstract - terror. The manner in which an individual deals with this fear is often a reflection of their ability to accept their ultimate fate. Oftentimes‚ an individual’s inability to cope with the idea of death leaves them filled with a profound sorrow‚ and leads to a great deal of suffering. The sociable nature of our society makes death particularly difficult to handle: society expects us to "deal with" death and to return to normal
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the public school system called iSafe‚ where we learned all about how the internet is evil and that you should never tell anyone your first or last name or sign up for any websites ever because someone was going to stalk you‚ steal your identity and kill you. Later that year‚ I signed up for Facebook. Looking back‚ those panic-stricken authority figures and fingers wagging in my general direction only made me want to be online more. I never understood the fear they had towards the general
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enough for any person. When‚ we are talking about our mother tongue we learn the speaking spontaneously‚ but when we are talking about any foreign language the speaking skill has to be earned by practice. Since English is a foreign language‚ not our mothers tongue. It is difficult for all learns to learn this language perfectly. I think CLT is such an approach that is making the students enthusiastic in learning Speaking English because of its participatory and interacting manner. If English is taught
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My deepest fear is fear within itself. In life there is no failure but only feedback. Being presented with different obstacles and making sufficient decisions in my life’s path‚ has made me who i am today. As a child‚ my family always taught me that I must perform to the best of my abilities as a person in order to succeed in whatever I pursue in life. As a child growing up in Clinton Public School Districts wasn’t such a walk in the park because success was the only option and the key to your
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Hollie Boe Sociology 12 Primal Fear Part A: 1. The media has a very strong role in the general public’s perspective of crime. The way media portrays crime and the person being accused of the crime has a very strong influence on how the general public sees the accused and the crime committed. This is very evident in the movie Primal Fear when the lawyer‚ Marty says "you know what they’re calling him already? The Butcher Boy of St. Nicks." The source of this name has no information on the case or whether
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Choral Speaking Script! (official) L : LEFT‚ R: RIGHT. first row : number 1‚ second row: number 2 and third row: number 3. L&R2‚3: Guys‚ the choral speaking competition is next week! L&R1: Oh My God‚ what are we going to talk about?! R123 :Hmm..Let’s talk about FOOD! Mmm yum yum yum L123: No No No! Let’s talk about....BOO! GHOSTS? *Yeah* Uuuuu… Lydia: No guys‚ let’s talk about something we ALL have in common! L&R 123: What‚ our parents’ nagging?! Lydia: No‚ I’m talking about
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When you take the Practice TOEFL Speaking sections in the Practice Tests in this book‚ listen carefully to each of your recorded responses. Create a set of guiding questions to help you evaluate your performance. Here are some examples of the kind of questions you may want to include: Did I complete the task? Did I speak clearly? Did I make grammatical errors? Did I use words correctly? Did I organize my ideas clearly and appropriately? Did I provide a complete response? Did I use
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comprehension passages (5 MCQs): - 1 reading passage (5 T/F): IV. Writing : 20p - Q56- 60 : 5 sentence arrangement (5p) - Q61- 67 : 1 gap-fill passage (7 questions – 10 options) : 7p - 1 topic writing (in 50 – 70 words with guiding questions): 8p V. Speaking: 20p - Introduction (personal information): 5p - Follow-up Questions – response (Teacher – Student) 5p - Pair conversation: 10p WRITING TOPICS (50- 70 words) 1. Compare your city/ home town 10 years ago and now. 2. Your student life and your
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