effective eye contact 0 2 3 4 Uses appropriate rate and volume. 0 2 3 4 Shows awareness of gestures; gestures do not distract from the speaker’s message. 0 2 3 4 Uses vocal variety: tone‚ emphasis‚ and pauses. 0 2 3 4 Avoids vocalized pauses. 0 2 3 4 Speaker seemed poised and confident 0 1 2 3 Points Earned: ___________ Comments (if applicable):
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“Fishhawk” Anonymous Zhou Dynasty General Idea: The narrator spies a maiden at the stream picking watercress. While he longs for her as he observes her and tries to gain her attention. The speaker is longing for the “ideal” woman‚ not only beauty‚ but in the manners expected of her at that time: “Gentle maiden‚ pure and fair.” Yet in his longing‚ he keeps his distance as propriety demands. Structurally‚ this poem has both the assonance and alliteration of a lyric poem. For example‚ “Watercress
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Taking Notes for Someone Else These are some practical suggestions for taking notes for someone else‚ as well as strategies to help you improve your own notetaking abilities. General Info: • Be sure of your purpose and the speaker’s purpose. • Attend all lectures. • Sit up front so you can see and hear better. Format: • Record the date‚ place‚ topic/title and presenter. • Number your pages. • Use
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Marvell to reveal the seductive nature of the unidentified man to his coy mistress. He uses his tools of words with figurative language to woo this women into haveing sex with him. There is an abundance of hyperbole and personification that the speaker uses to express his love and need to perform coitus right at that instant to “control time.” “I would love you ten years before the Flood..Till the conversion of the Jews.” In this hyperbole‚ he says extremly that he will love her for an unreasonably
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1. The CEO of a company tells her employees that “the organization is going to be restructuring each department” rather than saying “there are going to be layoffs in each department.” This is an example of [A] euphemisms. [B] equivocations. [C] abstractions. [D] jargon. 2. The average listener can understand up to how many words per minute? [A] 1‚000 [B] 600 [C] 300 [D] 140 3. govern how words sound when pronounced. [A] Phonological rules
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clear rhyme or rhythm- there is a lack of harmony between them‚ everything is strained Theme: pain caused when a relationship breaks down Male believes that the relationship can be saved; she does not believe him The female seems hurt‚ the male speaker seems guilty of something and is trying to make
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Good Afternoon everyone. Thank you‚ speaker Dela Cruz‚ Senate President Macaso‚ Senators‚ Representatives‚ Vice President Emma Santos‚ President Samson‚ Chief Justice Legarda‚ Ambassadors‚ friends: Before I became president I have notice that millions of people had lost there jobs‚ products got more expensive‚ corruption was not stopped‚ people with crime did not get justice‚ so I am standing here today in front of all you people to share all of my proposals and promises to make this country a
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Brian Young Presentation February 22‚ 2010 * FBI ASAC Brian Young will be a special guest speaker for the class. ASAC Young is the Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Detroit Field Office. ASAC Young is a former student in the Department of Criminal Justice‚ former Indiana State Police trooper‚ and former Indiana University Police Department full-time officer. * Establishing a rapport is important * In order to get across a thought‚ feeling‚ opinion * Communication
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‘Valentine’ by Carol Ann Duffy Pupil Unit Includes Formative Assessment Strategies Critical Essay: Poetry ‘Valentine’ by Carol Anne Duffy By the end of this Unit you will be able to write Critical Essays on the poem ‘Valentine’. You will be able to write relevantly about the central concern(s)/theme(s) of the poem and be able to support your views by reference to appropriate poetic techniques. You will learn about/revise the following techniques: Imagery
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Aaleah Brown Mr. Gunderson Honors English 3‚ Period 4 08 November 2013 The Walk “I have passed by the watchman on his beat and dropped my eyes‚ unwilling to explain” (II. 5-6). Depression causes a person to distance themselves from the world. It also causes them to not want to associate themselves with people. In the poem‚ “Acquainted with the Night‚” by Robert Frost‚ a persona seems to be walking aimlessly alone at night in the rain. The persona passes a watchman whom he refuses to associate
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