Elements of a Powerful, Memorable Speech

Elements of a Powerful, Memorable Speech

1) Strong introduction that captures the audience's attention
You may choose to use:
--a rhetorical question
--a famous quote
--a joke (when appropriate)
--a description of how large the stakes are
--Build up your ethos a bit (likability, believability, good character, etc.)
--thesis statement: a sentence or two that clearly lays out your main argument

2) Appropriate tone of voice
--Vary your tone and volume, depending on what you are saying

3) Body Language
--Confident posture
--Hand gestures

4) Use metaphors, similes, and other figurative language to paint a vivid picture
--You should only use a few types of metaphors that reappear throughout the speech. Think of Martin Luther King's use of the nature metaphors in his "I Have A Dream" speech.

5) Use repetition and alliteration (repeating the first sound in multiple words) to drive home your most important points.

6) Rhythm
--Use pauses to add emphasis and let the audience process what you are saying

7) Continue to build up your trustworthiness and good character (ethos)

8) Mix in logos (facts) and pathos (emotional appeals)

9) Prepare a strong conclusion
--Include a call for action
--Circle back to your thesis statement or most important themes

HW#18

Finish reading Chapter 6 and write at least 2/3 of a page about how you can interpret these events to benefit your candidate and attack the other candidates.

Make sure you write about the developments related to:
--trading with humans
--the Fourth Commandment
--the windmill

Upload all of your own propaganda onto your group's blogspot webpage

I have emailed you specific instructions for uploading all of your propaganda.

HW#17

What are Americans doing in response to Donald Trump's election? Find some things you consider to be positive steps and some things you consider to be negative. You can write about them and bring in photos of them as well.

HW#16

Watch the first 23 minutes of President-Elect Trump's interview on "60 Minutes" and answer questions 1-6 on sheet.

The link to the interview is here.

A typed transcript of the interview is here.

Second piece of propaganda due Wednesday

A quote from George Orwell

"[...] The relative freedom which we enjoy depends of public opinion. The law is no protection. Governments make laws, but whether they are carried out, and how the police behave, depends on the general temper in the country. If large numbers of people are interested in freedom of speech, there will be freedom of speech, even if the law forbids it; if public opinion is sluggish, inconvenient minorities will be persecuted, even if laws exist to protect them."  

HW: Complete second piece of propaganda (or get very close to finishing!)

Weekend HW: Work on your second piece of propaganda

Add color to your logo based on color psychology lesson

Also think about how you can best use color in your first piece of propaganda.

HW#14

Complete your first propaganda brainstorming sheet and then work on your first propaganda piece!