The Mid Term

The Mid-Term is due Friday, Oct. 6 by noon.
You will place the document in the Google Drive folder you have created for yourself.
The document will have two parts.

PART ONE

1. You will read Chapter Two in Talk like TED and choose one of the sample talks for review. You cannot use Bryan Stevenson as your example. 
2. After you read the chapter and choose a talk (I would watch more than one) and write a critique of it based on what you have learned so far about public speaking. Use the blog, the book and the template to see how closely the speaker you have chosen uses the elements we have discussed so far. 
3. Explain each of the elements that you notice and explain why you think it did or did not work for the speaker.

• How does the speaker consider the audience? 
• How did ethos, pathos and logos manifest in the speech? 
• How did the speaker use the basics of good speech organization?
• What is the difference between the speech purpose and the thesis statement?

 

This part of the document should be 3-4 pages based on Times New Roman double space 12 point type which comes out to about 750-1000 words. 

PART TWO

You will now write your own speech about the art of storytelling based on the things you have learned so far in class

1. You will create the usual outline for the speech that includes your rationale for how you put it together. 

2. You will then write out the speech word-for-word as you might if you would read it in a book or on a website like the Gettysburg Address.  Assume that this speech is between 4-5 minutes.