Chapter : 16-17. Short Speech Technique

FUNDAMENTALS OF SPEECHE COMMUNICATION REQUIREMENT-(CMST101) -Lecture Notes (2020) -Chapter : 16-17 -PRACTICALLY SPEAKING : 16.1 Short Speech Technique Prepare and deliver a two-minute speech in which you : a. analyze an advertisement in terms of clarity, vividness, appropriateness, personal style or lorcelulness (choose one or two). b. describe the language of a person you consider larcelul or weak. c. describe an obiect in the room using visual, auditory, and tactile imagery. d. explain the meaning oi some popular idioms. 16.2 Rephrasing Cliches Cliches are expressions whose meaning has become .worn out from excessive usage. Many cliches are also, idioms, expressions whose meanings are not easily deduced ham the individual words but which must be understood as a single linguistic unit, much like a single word. Thus, in using clichés you betray a lock of originality. When they are idioms, cliches can easily create special problems for non-native speakers of the language. The clichés and idioms listed here will provide a useful opportunity‘to practice your abilities to use language effectively. Rephrase each of these cliches/idioms, so that they are-following the guidelines for language given in‘this unit-clear, vivid, appropriate, personal, and forceful. -Heads will roll. -it's a blessing in disguise-You have to take the bitter with the sweet. In Her problem wosthat she burned the candle at both ends. -Whatcan i add ? That's the way the cookie crumbles. -He meant well but he drove everyone up the wall. -So, _l told her : either fish or cut bait. -He just haste get his act together. -She haSaheartofgold. -I talkedand talked but‘itwas in one ear and out the -lighten up ; keep your shirt on. -He let it Slip through‘his fingers. -That Stephen King movie will make your hair stand on end. -Well, it's easy being a Monday-morning quarter back. -Don't put all your eggs in one basket. -It's just water over the dam. -He ran out with his tail between his legs. -They gave the detective a real snow job. -It was fun but it wasn't what it was cracked up to be. -l was so excited i had my heart in my mouth. -Wow, you're touchy. You get up on the wrong side of the bed ? 16.3 Talking about ; Cultural identities Anonymously on an index card write one of your cultural identities (race, religion, nationality) and three : Strengths that you feel a significant number of members of this cultural group possess. The-cards should be collected, randomized, and read aloud. This brief experience-along with any discussion it generates-should make the following clear. 1. People have diverse cultural identities ; each person has several. 2. Each identity has its own perceived strengths. Even the "strengths" themselves may not be recognized as "strengths" by members of other cultures. 3. The most effective individual is likely to be the one who recognizes and welcomes the strengths of different cultures. 17.1 Developing the Impromptu Speech The following experience may prove useful as an exercise in delivery. Students should be given three index cards each. Each student should write an impromptu speech topic on each of the cards. The topics to be used for impromptu speaking should be familiar but not clichés. They should be worthwhile and substantive, nottrivial. They should be neither too simplistic nor too complex. The cards should be collected and placed face down an a table. A speaker is chosen through some random process and selects two cards, reads the topics, speech. A few guidelines may prove helpful. 1. Don't apdfogize. Everyone will have difficulty with this assignment, so there's no need to emphasize any problems you may have. 2. Don't express verbally or nonverbally any displeasure or any negative responses to the experience, the topic, the audience, or even to yourself. Approach the entire task with a positive attitude and a positive appearance. It will help make the experience more enioyable for both you and your audience. 3. When you select the topic, jot down two or three subtopics that you'll Cover and perhaps two or three bits of supporting material that you'll use in amplifying these two or three subtopics. 4. Develop ypur conclusion. It will probably be best to use a simple summary conclusion in which you restate your main tapicfiand the subordinate topics that you discussed. 5. Develop aln introduction. Here it will probably be best simply to identify your topic and orient the audience by telling them the two or three subtopics that you'll cover. 17.2 Short : Speech Technique Prepare and deliver a two-minute speech in which you : a. describe the delivery of some noted personality (real or fictional). b. compare the delivery styles of any two television personolities. c. describe the delivery styles of men and women. d. Introduce an excerpt from literature and read the excerpt as you might a manuscript speech.