Test 3 is a bit different:

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Test 3 is a bit different

• "Open" one page of notes, plus a dictionary
  otherwise, closed book.
• Analyze evaluate a written speech.
• Work as an individual--no group work.
• Four questions
• including one asking you to create a section of a
  Commemorative speech.
• Still Bring a Blue Book!

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Last Lecture
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Last Lecture
CMU Prof. Randy Pausch
"Really achieving your childhood dreams"
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The responsibility of a speaker

• giving an Informative Speech, is to say something
  worth hearing.
• giving a Persuasive Speech, is to answer the
  audience's doubts objections.
• giving a Special Occasion Speech, is to remind
  the audience of what's really important.

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Resources you'll need to give a great Special
Occasion speech.

• A point!
• Compelling organization.
• Compelling language.

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1. Your point What is important?

• General purpose
• to inspire ("Commemorative")
• to entertain ("After Dinner")
• Specific Purpose
• Central Idea

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Example the "Last Lecture"

• Specific Purpose to entertain and inspire us
  with stories of how he achieved--and failed to
  achieve--his childhood dreams.
• Central Idea In dreaming, trying, and failing
  we learn the imagination, perseverance and sense
  of fun we need to succeed--and to help others
  succeed, too.

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Central IdeaBasic Values

• Values are what is most important.
• the things we care about
• our visions of what we want to achieve
• what makes us who we are
• either as individuals or as a community.

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ISU Students--what are your values? What do you
really care about? What makes you who you are?
What makes you who you are, as a community?
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You might think of it this way
As a Special Occasion speaker, you are creating
community.
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So remember

• Whether you are aiming to entertain or to
  inspire,
• you should have a Central Idea--
• one that expresses the values you want to remind
  your audience about.
• You should leave your audience thinking!

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2. Compelling organization

• Remember all these? Use them!
• Speech Introductions (CARRP), Speech Conclusions,
  Connectives, Outlining, Patterns of Organization
• Likely organizational scheme Topical.

So remember Have a reason for why your points
are in the order they are!
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Compelling language.

• Why use "high style"?
• "Dress up" your speech.
• Reinforce your organization.
• Make your values real for your audience.

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Values are...
but language can make them...
Abstract
Concrete
Things you can see, hear, touch...
Things you can't see, hear, touch...
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FREEDOM
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So remember Use vivid language.
Techniques in textbook

• Imagery
• Concrete words
• Simile
• Metaphor

• Rhythm
• Alliteration
• Repetition
• Parallelism
• Antithesis

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Three key standards for assessing a Special
Occasion speech

• The Central Idea expresses shared values.
• The organization is compelling.
• The language is compelling.

(manuscript delivery)
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What's to come

• Friday Experiments with language
• Monday Impromptu speeches
• Wednesday Test 3!
• (see online study guide)
• All bonus work (end of 14th week)
• Optional final exam
• (replaces quizzes see online, email me)
• Outside speech evaluation assignment

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Lecture "The skeptical environmentalist's guide
to global warming.
TONIGHT! Memorial Union, Sun Room 600 p.m.
Bjorn Lomborg
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yesterday
beginning of semester
one year ago
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Lecture "Pearls, politics power How women
can win and lead."
Thursday, 24 April 730 p.m. Memorial Union,
Great Hall
Madeleine Kunin, Three time governor of Vermont
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Course evaluations
today
dead week

• Lecturer
• Overall course design/ syllabus
• Supervision of staff
• Lecture sessions
• Quizzes/WebCT
• Tests/Exam

• Lab instructor
• Lab sessions
• Speech grading

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How to give feedback

• Focus on what's most important
• Be specific detailed
• Give advice about how to do better
• Take personal responsibility ("I think/feel") and
  be civil

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What have you achieved?

• Ten years from now, you will be giving great
  speeches and presentations.

• Now, you know from experience
• that you can stand up and speak.
• some techniques for how to do it.
• why it is important.
• that public speaking can be fun!