Task 8
This week we will focus on inspiration and passion within an informative or persuasive speech.
Read from your textbook “Chapter 11: Informative and Persuasive Speaking”
Listen to the following speeches:
Winston Churchill’s “Never Give in Speech”
Play Video
Napoleon Bonaparte’s “Farewell to the Old Guard”
Play Video
Abraham Lincoln’s “The Gettysburg Address”
Play Video
(presented by Jeff Daniels)
Ronald Reagan’s “Challenger Disaster Speech”
Play Video
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream Speech”
Play Video
Research a few more important speeches. Listen to and research the impact these speeches had on the nation or public they were addressed to. How did these speeches change people? How can you change people through your own speaking?
Choose a topic that is meaningful to you and that you believe will be meaningful or helpful to someone else. As you think about that topic, plan to prepare a 5-7 minute presentation on that topic.
Create a file folder for this week titled with your name and Task 8.
Place the following items in the file folder:
A powerPoint presentation that you will use in this week’s lesson (please leave the PowerPoint blank at this time)
All images that you will use in your PowerPoint.
An APA formatted outline that contains
– the introduction to your presentation
– information relevant to your topic, including research to support it
– the conclusion to your presentation
Now, zip the file and upload it to Moodle for use in the Lesson portion of this week’s module.
On-ground students – your assignment is due before you report to class.
Chapter 11: Informative and Persuasive Speaking
Communicative messages surround us. Most try to teach us something and/or influence our thoughts or behaviors. As with any type of communication, some messages are more engaging and effective than others. I’m sure you have experienced the displeasure of sitting through a boring class lecture that didn’t seem to relate to your interests or a lecture so packed with information that your brain felt overloaded. Likewise, you have probably been persuaded by a message only to find out later that the argument that persuaded you was faulty or the speaker misleading. As senders and receivers of messages, it’s important that we be able to distinguish between informative and persuasive messages and know how to create and deliver them.
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