http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/23/world/africa/23safrica.html?ref=affirmativeaction&_r=0
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/affirmativetimeline1.html
http://www.chicagobooth.edu/capideas/spring03/racialbias.html
http://idebate.org/debatabase/debates/politics/house-would-put-more-women-parliament
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Knowledge Bowl
1. Four Forms of public speaking:
Informative-helping the audience understand and remember your topic. Requires research on speakers part. The speech is formal and has a visual aid.
Persuasive- Convincing the audience to side with your stance of a topic. Requires research The speech is formal and has an argument model. Evidence+Reasoning=Claim
Commemorative- Emotional speech. Dedicated to someone who is important to the speaker. Speech has metaphors and imagery.
Entertain- This speech is completely for entertaining the audience and making them laugh. This speech is informal, something that would be said at a dinner speech.
2. Define:
Rhetoric- The art of speaking or writing effectively: as the study of writing or speaking as a means of communication or persuasion.
Audience Centeredness- Keeping the audience foremost in mind every step of the speech preparation and presentation. Adapting to relate to the audience.
Central Ideas- Sum up major ideas. 1. Should be expressed in a full sentence 2. should not be in the form of a question 3. Should avoid being vague or overly general.
Specific Purpose- What you plan to accomplish through your speech. 1. must be a full phrase 2. not a question 3.avoid figurative language 4. concentrate on one distinct area 5. not be vague or general.
3. Four requirements of an introduction:
Attention-getter
Central Idea
Credible step---experience/research
Road map/ preview
4. Difference between informative and persuasive?
Informative- the speaker is teaching the audience about something new.
Persuasive- The speaker is convincing the audience to agree with your thoughts- the process of creating, reinforcing, or changing peoples beliefs or actions.
5. Percentage of meaning communicated non-verbally?
65%
6. Left and Right Brain?
Left Brain- logical, rational and organized
Right Brain- Creativity, imagination and artistry
7. Attention-getters- Relate topic to audience, state the importance of your topic, startle the audience, arouse the curiosity of audience, question the audience, Begin with a quote, Tell a story
Informative-helping the audience understand and remember your topic. Requires research on speakers part. The speech is formal and has a visual aid.
Persuasive- Convincing the audience to side with your stance of a topic. Requires research The speech is formal and has an argument model. Evidence+Reasoning=Claim
Commemorative- Emotional speech. Dedicated to someone who is important to the speaker. Speech has metaphors and imagery.
Entertain- This speech is completely for entertaining the audience and making them laugh. This speech is informal, something that would be said at a dinner speech.
2. Define:
Rhetoric- The art of speaking or writing effectively: as the study of writing or speaking as a means of communication or persuasion.
Audience Centeredness- Keeping the audience foremost in mind every step of the speech preparation and presentation. Adapting to relate to the audience.
Central Ideas- Sum up major ideas. 1. Should be expressed in a full sentence 2. should not be in the form of a question 3. Should avoid being vague or overly general.
Specific Purpose- What you plan to accomplish through your speech. 1. must be a full phrase 2. not a question 3.avoid figurative language 4. concentrate on one distinct area 5. not be vague or general.
3. Four requirements of an introduction:
Attention-getter
Central Idea
Credible step---experience/research
Road map/ preview
4. Difference between informative and persuasive?
Informative- the speaker is teaching the audience about something new.
Persuasive- The speaker is convincing the audience to agree with your thoughts- the process of creating, reinforcing, or changing peoples beliefs or actions.
5. Percentage of meaning communicated non-verbally?
65%
6. Left and Right Brain?
Left Brain- logical, rational and organized
Right Brain- Creativity, imagination and artistry
7. Attention-getters- Relate topic to audience, state the importance of your topic, startle the audience, arouse the curiosity of audience, question the audience, Begin with a quote, Tell a story
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