Houston Hughes SPC-205-W05 August 23‚ 2011 How to read a topographic map. General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: As a result of my speech my audience will be able to clearly read and identify parts of a topographic map. Central Idea: To read a topographic map correctly one should follow four important steps: study the title of your map; examine your legend; study the contour lines; and view the map in 3D. Introduction: I. Topographic maps are not just any ordinary map. There
Premium Map Topography Cartography
Informative Speech Becky Schaelchlin Topic: The Effects of Diet and Exercise on Human Health Informative Purpose: To instruct Type of Informative Topic: Issues Thesis Statement: Consistent diet and exercise has a positive effect on chronic diseases. INTRODUCTION I. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention‚ as of 2012‚ about half of all adults—117 million people—have one or more chronic health conditions. While seven of the top ten causes of death in 2012 in the US were due to
Premium Nutrition Medicine Obesity
Outline Name Liang Liu COM 114 Section #220 Presentation Title: Telecommunication Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the AT&T’s contribution to telecommunication industry. Thesis Statement: AT&T’s innovative development of the transatlantic radiotelephone and communication satellite changed communication and inspired new inventions that would shape the future of the world. INTRODUCTION I. Attention Getter: The first time I came to the United States‚ I was
Premium Telephone Communications satellite Telecommunication
Introduction I. Today I’m going to talk about my lovely country Persia‚ which we know it as Iran now. Here is a video that shows how great we were and how we are now. II. Not the nuclear power but‚ Iran’s history from 300‚000 years ago until now. III. Iranian people were a very peaceful nation through the history but same as the other great histories something make it change. IV. So there is a transition in Iran history and we can divide its history to Iran’s history during the Achaemenid
Premium Iran
Persuasive Speech Template Introduction Get audience attention: Attention all Faulkner State University Students. Commuters are you tired of a long boring drive to Bay Minette to attend your daily classes. On-Campus residents are frustrated with being stuck on campus when you can not drive or get a ride off campus. Indicate purpose and thesis: Today I plan to unleash a cutting edge three part transportation system that will mobilize the students‚ faculty and staff of Faulkner State University
Premium Rhetoric Debut albums English-language films
Melissa McCormick Speech Com 1 Anneka Rogers 9‚ April 2012 Recycling Topic: Recycling General Purpose: To Persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade my class to Recycle Intro: Imagine a whole forest being cut down just to store our garbage. This can be stopped if we recycle. Deforestation is a major issue today. This is because man is using natural resources to fulfill his needs. The increase of these demands has led to increasing levels of destruction of our natural resources. These resources
Premium Recycling Landfill
encounter a lot of homeless people & that you feel pity for them. We really want to make you understand how you can speculate the different ways on how you can help these people & get interested in them‚ as it would change their lives. Throughout this speech‚ Malou will give you a brief overview on the organization’s history‚ their goal & their values. Then‚ Nahira is going to develop the programs that they offer for children & elders going through poverty. And finally‚ Ash will explain to you how the
Premium Poverty Poverty in the United States Homelessness
Healing Demonstrated In Silko’s Ceremony Bibliotherapy is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as “The use of books for therapeutic purposes‚ esp. in the treatment of mental health conditions” (“Bibliotherapy”). Many works of literature are calming and can promote many different types of wellbeing through storytelling. One specific example of a novel that demonstrates healing‚ which can then be translated to its readers‚ is Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko. Through its main character‚ Tayo‚ the
Premium
In Ceremony‚ Leslie Silko ties the concept of transitions into the book. Transitions are used to describe and show the change that Tayo is going through during the whole book‚ or his ceremony. They show Tayo’s progress in his ceremony and also show his change of thinking. Silko mentions transitions when she wrote‚ “[Tayo] had only seen and heard the world as it always was: no boundaries‚ only transitions through all distances and time” (229). This shows that Tayo’s world revolves around transitions
Premium Writing Management Family
Wedding Ceremony Options Welcome: Option 1: We have come here today to celebrate a special love. (name) and (name) have chosen you‚ those special and important to them‚ to witness and celebrate this love as they come together as husband and wife. Option 2: We are gathered here‚ not to witness the beginning of what will be‚ but rather what already is. We celebrate with (name) & (name) the wondrous and joyful occurrence that has already taken place in their lives‚ and the commitment they make
Premium Marriage