1. Go out and drive somewhere.
2. Come back to the blog and write about it.
3. A speech is like a drive. A journey. Your informative speech should explain, demonstrate, show or tell how and or why something is worth caring about. It's not just the end result but what you saw out the window along the way, doing research, reading, looking around, talking to people, rolling down the window and enjoying the view. Use an analogy (see chpt 10 on language)to compare writing a speech to a summer road trip in 5 sentences of so. Remember, informative speeches don't use the word "should." There's no persuasion, save that for the last speech hotshot! Use vivid language to create a mood and strong delivery to speak in high style. Good luck on your informative speeches!
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Last road trip I went on, there were looong stretches of up to seven hours without a coherent thought in my head past 'Is that a Taco Bell sign?' Yeah, writing speeches isn't supposed to be like that. Sometimes, though, that research starts bringin' back memories of endless cacti and dust devils, and my mind starts to wander.... And then, fortunately, I find something good to use! At last, a truck stop for the mind! I may not want to be there, it might be kinda weird, but it refreshes me for the next seven-hour stretch. And once it's all put together, and I'm in the flow for talkin', it's like coming home and making everyone listen to my travel adventures. Hey, I'm the one talking, so who cares if you don't want to see my vacation slides? ;D
~Shira D
Roadtrip is like you are watching live reality show, but in real life, not like from TV. You get to see other people's lives; you get into fight for something, such as what to eat; and whether the group should stop and take a rest or not.
Writing a speech is different. You get to watch someone's journals, articles, and such. It's like you are watching a television show. You get the informations that they give you. Also, you don't get to argue with other people because you are doing it on your own. However, you cannot blame anyone if you make a mistake. In group, usually a person who made a mistake gets a blame.
-Min Sohn
Certainly, there are similarities between a road trip and the process of writing a speech. As we begin the trip, we have no idea what is ahead of us. Along the drive, things come to us one by one and continously. As the trip ends, we'll know everything that will have happend along the way. Similarly, as we begin writing a speech, we have no idea what to cover to support our topic. As we are writing our speech, we need to do research and hence discovering many things along the way. By the end of the process, we know everything about anything. That's why it's reasonable to say that writing a speech is very similar to going on a road trip.
Tung Le
Road trip and the process of writing a speech are built in similar structures. Basically,a speech requires there main parts which are introduction, body, and conclusion. It happens to be the similar for a road trip. The goal of our trip is like a thesis statement. The plan of our trip is similar to an introduction. The body is actually what we'll do during the road trip. Conclusion is when we look back and recognize what we already did. Besides the three main parts, we also need transitions which are when we stop for gas and foods along the way. Overall, we need to know where to start, what to do, and when to end either when we are writing a speech or going on a road trip.
~TRINH HUYNH~
Writing a speech is like a summer road trip. How is it similar? Well, when you begin to drive, you are writing the beginning of your speech. As you begin to drive even further into trip, you search for directions by asking people. Which is kind of like researching your topic for your speech. Days and hour into the trip, you discover new places and locations which symbolizes the main points discussed in the informative speech. At the end of the road trip you reflect on what you've seen along the way. You realized what you learned during the trip. This is similar to preview your main points and concluding with insightful thought.
Linh Phan
On my trip I drove out to Davis, my old college town. I actually love the drive, especially in the evening or at night, because I can see the sunset and the lights of the city. I roll down the window, blast the music, and enjoy the scenary.
A roadtrip is very much like a speech. I start my trip with the intention of getting somewhere, like the introduction. When I get there, that's my main body. The way home is the conclusion, usually going back over the same path I started out on. I think Trinh's suggestion of stopping for gas and food is good for showing transitions.
Kimberly Nielsen
Writing a speech can be like a journey of self discovery. In the begining of your trip, the excitment and anticipation fuel your body as you leave your home town. AS you are driving you remind yourself of the journey you are about to embark on and get yourself excited about reaching your destination. Stopping for food and gas are like the transistions between your introduction and conclusion. The long drive is the body between you home town and destination. And reaching your destination you reflect on the drive you have accomplished.
Christopher Lee
I didn't go out on a drive to anywhere--but I vividly remember the road trip we (my husband and I) had driving from Wisconsin to California. I believe we went through about seven states to get to our final destination. A speech is like a drive whether it may be a short or a long one---you pass through so many places--culture, climates, landscapes, and create memories. Many of the places you pass through and stop in you learn something new and in speeches--everyone that's listening learns something or gain some valuable information. At the final part of a road trip you reflect through all the places you rode through and saw and all the good/bad that happen there--you learn how to get from so many different points to the place you want to end up at. Road trips are breath-taking because of the many different things you see--especially the sceneries--for me it was all the mountains--going up and down these enormous mountains. I've never seen mountains so big! Speeches have to be powerful and has something to grab the audience's attention.
--Pahoua Khang
Writing a speech is like summer road trips because it is initially planned out, but you don't necessarily know what's going to happen between the beginning and the end. At first, you choose a speech topic, like your destination for your trip. Then you build off of that, starting with your intro and conclusion (start and end). What happens in the middle can be a number of different things depending on where you want to go. Sometimes you just kind of let things happen, which is definitely relatable to writing a speech (at least for me). Sometimes I have a plan in my head, but once I try to write it down it doesn't make so much sense. Like in the original blog, it's a journey, and anything can happen while you're trying to reach your destination.
-Ariana
Ok so me and my boyfriend decided to go to the bay. Driving would have being pretty much the same as we always do but today it was different. Instead of taking the car we rode the bike. It was totally different experience. I was really scared at first. This was by far the longest trip we took on the bike. But once we were on the road I started to enjoy the ride. I could feel the wind blowing on my face. I still remember riding through the traffic and leaving everyone behind. The trees and mountains seemed so real and reachable. We stopped from one citi to another just to catch our breath. Once we pick up the speed on the road everything around us seemed to be flowing along with us. I was scared, terrified but when I reached the destinated, I was glad that I took this adventures trip...
Visha Prakash
I took a road trip to Folsom Lake. When compared to a speech your intro is just like stepping into the car. All the dashboard indications lights and bells are just like an attention getter. You have the set-up similar to adjusting your seat, putting on your seatbelt, adjusting mirrors, etc, and of course your purpose is your destination. The actual starting of the car is just like a transition from into to body, in a sense your transitioning from a state of immobility to mobility and purpose. With mobility, or the act of driving the car, you’re hitting all your main points. After your trip or journey you transition back to a state of immobility. You take the car out of gear, turn the key to off, remove your seatbelt and get out of the car. All of this is conclusive language with a review of your thesis.
Greg Gurganus
I went on a road trip to my Grandmas in Los Angeles and to see my aunt in San Diego. When you start a road trip you have destinations you plan on going on, much like in a speech the points that will be covered.So so far you would have a thesis which would be what will be covered. When I started I didn't know how long it would take and the specific details between places. Such as the route I took between LA and San Diego.Those details would be like your transitions.So if each destination is a point, then what you specifically do at each destination would be like explaining each point.Such as what I did specifically at my aunt's house, my aunts house is a destination and there fore a main point. The end of your journey you walk in your home and you unpack and download pictures to your computer. this would be your conclusion you are finalizing your trip by saving pictures of your trip. Pictures of your trip bring a taste of what happened, so in an information speech those pictures you download is what you covered in your speech.
Emily Manske
Last summer, I went to LA for road trip. It was a long drive, just like writing a successful speech. Writing a good speech takes time and effort to keep researching and revising. We can say that writing a speech is similar to a summer road trip because both of them start by brainstorming and planning. Then, as we have some ideas in our mind, we take action and begin our journey. Introduction comes to the road trip when I start the engine. The starting sound of the engine is the attention getter. The purpose of the journey is to entertain, and the thesis is driving to the destination. As the car starts to move, the transition to the body appears. On the way to the final destination, there are many beautiful sceneries worth to stop by; these are the main points of the body. The conclusion appears as the driver arrives at the destination, which is restating the thesis. So the journey ends with the memorable impact: I come out the car and carry a big smile on my face.
Ally Hsu
these are awesome entries! thanks everybody!!!! Sandra
It was chaotic. I needed a break. My family was driving me crazy so I thought I would go out for a drive to the crazy out of me. The wind blew on my face as I drove down the busy street filled with cars and a bus. The kids walked along the street, some on foot, some on bikes. It was here that I began to relax. Even when you want to get away from the world, it never leaves you alone. It all depends on how you wish to take it in. I drove slowly to the grocery store. It was calm out in the parking lot. The security guard stood by the store's door, looking very bored. I walked inside and found it was chaotic inside too. People in a rush to shop and leave, to hurry back to their families. I too, found myself rushing along to purchase what I came for. Because then I realized that chaos is natural in the world and that I reall would just like to be with my family in the end.
---zOey Pha---
As we drove in our car looking up we could see the sky.Our hair blowing every where and the smell of fresh air.Yes,taking a cruise with the top down is always a nice drive.Seeing the beautiful mountains and the sun going down.
LeeAnne Alvarado
Last weekend we took a trip to San Fransisco. We did not drive but went on the train. In our gatherings we compared the train to speech already, and I just want to add to that. While riding on Amtrack you see things from different view than if you would drive a car. The way that it this relates to speech is that you might look at the topic with one prespective or one point of view, but once you start to research there is a whole lot of different options open for you, and with that you might change your opinion or get more educated on specific ideas. And that is the best part of the speech, that you have a chance to raise your knowledge to a higher levels.
Tatyana Gidenko
The last road trip i went on was to Las Vegas...It was really tiring. I went with four other people and It was crazy hot.
-Terence
I went out for a drive to the river when my uncle and I had to do a photo shoot . The river was very peaceful, and nature reserved the whole park. The sound of the river was so beautiful, and watching the boats made me feel free.There were squirrels and butterfly's enjoying the scenery as well.
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