5th Class Posting: Groups

Hey Gang, Great class Friday. For this week's blog, Since we are working in groups on Women's History Month, review the tips at the end of chapter 19 on planning and making group presentations. Choose the one you feel is most important, and tell us why in approximately five sentences. If you can, try and relate this somehow to your group's topic for Women's History Month. For instance, I personally beieve "developing an outline" is the most important step since it gets everybody organized and on thew same page. It also helps a group narrow a topic that is very broad into a reasonable six minute chunk. Finally, I guess this relates to Women's History Month because when women fought for the right to vote in the U.S. around 1920, organizing and unifying their goals helped them achieve success. In other words, everyone on the team should know exactly what their purpose is, if they want to win. Your turn!

Class Agenda:2/23

1. Update on Red papers 2. Touch base on email contacts 3. Quiz Chpt 7 and 8 4. Lecture Chpt 7 A. P. 143 Internet domains B. Periodicals (peer reviewed) C. Prelim Bibliography D. OWL E. Presentation Aids Chpt 8 A. Iillustrations--Stories B. Descriptions--Pictures with words C. Explanations: How and Why D. Definitions E. Analogies F. Stats G. Opinions: Expert, Lay and Quotes 5. Break (10minutes) 6. Choose groups of 4 for Group speeches, exchange emails, give Sandra a list of names 7. In class exercise in groups: Introductions and conclusions: Topics by Sandra 8. Homework: Blog, email within groups to brainstorm ideas for Womens' History Month speech

Quiz Chapter 7 and 8

1. Yahoo and Google are examples of A. URL's B. Websites C. Bookmarks D. Search Engines E. A and C 2. The world wide web and the internet are the same thing. T or F 3. Stacks are A. The way Sandra's husband organizes his junk mail to irritate her. B. Collections of library books. C. Search Engine slang words. D. like snacks. E. Subject lines. 4. One key difference between full-text data bases and periodical indexes is A. A full-text data base has bibliographic information as well as actual resources. B. newspapers can be faulty if the reporter is biased. C. Info Trac often contains typos. D. They are exactly the same: Trick question! 5. Purdue University's On line writing lab-OWL is a great source for both MLA and APA style. You would use this information to A. Correctly site your electronic research sources. B. Plaigerize in patchwork style. C. Set up a bibliography for oral and written citations. D. Study the Wood Owl in its native environment. E. A and C 6. Illustrations are stories that A. disprove your central idea for argument's sake. B. provide examples for your speech. C. make great attention getters. D. should only include the most detailed examples. E. should focus on Oat cereals. 6. A word picture is what we call "inscription." T or F 7. Specialized and technical terms when used in a speech A. Should be avoided at all costs. B. Should only be used when needed. C. Should be defined. D. Are the same as analogies. 8. Statistics are often exploited in advertising. T or F 9. The three types of opinion that may be used in your speeches include A. To inform, to persuade and to entertain. B. Expert & lay testimony and literary quotations. C. He said, she said, or I said. D. Strong, weak or neutral testimony. 10. Using the opinion of a recognized authority in your speech A. can add a great deal of weight to your argument. B. Provides convincing support when statistics are weak. C. Automatically gets you out of a plaigerizing situation. D. A and B E. Works best if the speaker slightly alters the intent of the expert to fit her argument.

Nonverbal Communication

Ok--what gives with this one? Share with us what your thoughts are on how and what she is communicating nonverbally these days? The shaved head, the wig, the radical behavoir...nonverbal communication is powerful...remember, listeners find it to be more telling than the words a speaker verbalizes.

Class Agenda: 2/9 meeting

1. Quiz
2. Pizza (Diana $$$)
3. Last week's lecture (ran out of time)
4. Blog check in
5. Red discussion and mock up of a speech, class exercise to review outline format
6. Hand back papers, get email ad. from Lito and Tram, verify feedback emails went out.
7. No class next Friday, but read and check blog. Expect a quiz in 2 weeks!

NO CLASS NEXT FRIDAY 2/16

HAVE A FUN WEEK (ALMOST) OFF! READ UP AND PREPARE FOR A QUIZ ON 2/23. ALSO WATCH HERE ON THE BLOG NEXT WEEK FOR A PROMPT AND POSSIBLE EXTRA CREDIT! SINCERELY, THE MASKED VALENTINE BLOGGER

Quiz #2: Chapters 5 and 6

1. An open-ended question allows for A. Helpful limits by reducing the possible answers to "yes" or "no." B. Stumping the audience to gain credibility. C. unrestricted answers. D. getting a date without a sense of rejection. E. B and D 2. A true or false question such as this one is closed-ended according to our textbook. T or F 3. Situational audience analysis is A. Examination and adaptation by the speaker. B. Rediculous. C. An insult to the audience as it can be seen as "dumbing down" for certain listeners. D. limited to consideration of the speech-making occassion only. 4. Psychological audience analysis includes A. Consideration of the introduction, body and conclusion. B. Alien mind probes. C. Consideration of attitudes,beliefs and values. D. Movie censorship. 5. A belief is what one holds to be true or false. T or F 6. The statement of whether a speech is intended to inform,persuade or entertain is A. Narrowing the topic. B. important when speaking about Irish folk music. C. The general purpose. D. The specific purpose. E. Not usually neccessary. 7. Main ideas are also known as subdivisions of the central speech idea. T or F 8. The purpose statement usually A. Indicates what the audience should learn. B. Indicates what the audience will be able to do. C. Guides speakers choices when preparing the speech D. A and C E. All of the above 9. A central idea should A. be complex in order to impress Sandra. B. be a single idea. C. include multiple ideas. D. use direct language. E. B and D F. Include pyrotechnics as a visual aid. 10. Being able to state your "point" in a single, clear idea is A. Oversimplification. B. Judith Humphrey's definition of the central idea. C. A declaritive sentence. D. A great way to avoid plaigerism. E. Beebe and Beebe's " blueprint."

3rd Class Post: Listening and Audience

Hi Everyone! Since we are focussing on listening and audience, get creative with this blog and compose a four-line poem (preferably rhyming!) about rude listeners, using at least one vocabulary word from chapter 4 (capitalize it please). I'll lead the way, my poetic pals! Have a great week, loved your film reports!!!--The Masked Blogger TITLE: "ODE TO MY AUDIENCE" LISTENING CAN BE ACTIVE AND NEAT, SO SMILE AND NOD WHEN I MAKE MY SPEECH. BEEBE AND BEEBE SAY:LISTEN WITH YOUR EYES SO IF YOURS ARE CLOSED, MY CONFIDENCE DIES!

Assignment: Citations and Research

For this class citations will be neccessary and and important. Homework: 30 points--see syllabus under audience analysis Audience and The Red Campaign After we discuss the RED ad campaign this evening, read chpater 5 on audience. Then, go on line for about an hour and find one source of interest regarding the RED campaign. Construct 3 typed paragraphs (an intro, body and conclusion paragraph linked by transitions. Review the outline on our blog) with correct spelling and grammar, critically examining who the audience is and how the campaign appeals to them/us and/or why. Emphasize attitudes, beliefs and values (p.97-100) -- Include two full written citations, one from chpt. 5 and one from your web source. At the bottom of your paper, create a sample bibliography or reference section, aka "works cited" where you will list your 2 sources in alphabetical order. The whole assignment should not be more than 2 pages, and a single page in optimum. Turn in the paper next Friday along with the two sources, printed out, so I may check them. But first, in class next week you will read your "essay" and use oral citations. Hit comments below and type up questions about this assignment, so your questions might also help others.

Groundhog Day: Feb. 2nd Class Agenda

--Begin with Blog Review and Film Reports --Review quiz --Lecture and discussion 1. Free Speech A. First Amendment B. Oprah 1998 C. Speech Acts D. Sept. 11 2. Ethical Speech A. Def p. 47 B. Accomodation C. Patchwork Plaigerism D. Oral citation 3. Review tonights homework (p. 50-51) 4. Red Campaign 5. Listening (Chpt. 4) A. Info overload: Built in redundancy B. Prejudice (attention getters) C. Speech rate vs Thoughts (p. 63) D. Listen with eyes E. Actice listening and the speech critique (read p.68-69)