Classroom Activites
Persuasive Speaking
Body and Voice
Syllabus
Monroe's Motivated Sequence
100
This was the first speech we watched in class, set in Washington D.C.
What is Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream Speech"
100
This is another word for persuasion
What is rhetoric
100
If someone is shifting back and forth or fidgeting, they are not practicing this.
What is body neutrality?
100
The Mid-term Expression Speech counts for this percentage of your final grade.
What is 20%?
100
This step in Monroe's Motivated Sequence provides the best solution to the proposed problem
What is Satisfaction?
200
This game was played in class with a dial and cards that gave extremes: hot/cold, wet/dry
What is Wavelength?
200
This guy came up with Rhetoric.
Who is Aristotle?
200
When you get a note to be LOUDER, they are referring to this vocal quality.
What is vocal projection?
200
ONE THOUSAND EXTRA POINTS
The final Persuasive Speech is worth this percentage of your final grade
What is 30%
200
This step in Monroe's Motivated Sequence grabs the audience and introduces the speech
What is Attention?
300
This type of map is a visual way to brainstorm ideas quickly
What is mindmapping?
300
1. Attention
2. Need
3. Satisfaction
4. Visualization
5. Action
What is Monroe's Motivated Sequence
300
This vocal quality is often referred to as "musicality".
What is vocal pitch?
300
Weekly activities (including paired activities, speeches, group activities, and online discussions through CANVAS) are worth this percentage of the overall course grade.
What is a 30%?
300
This step in Monroe's Motivated Sequence outlines the issue or problem that has to be solved
What is Need
400
Brendan showed a Mindfulness meditation graphic with 4 concentric circles of areas of focus. Smallest to largest, these are named...
What are Breath, Body, Emotion, Thought?
400
This final step in a persuasive speech provides the audience with a way to get involved if they were persuaded by the speech.
What is a call to action
400
When someone is reading a speech and not connecting with the audience, they aren't practicing this.
What is eye contact?
400
There is an expectation of respect, support, and ____________ in this class.
What is participation?
400
This step in Monroe's Motivated Sequence is equivalent to getting the audience to DO something and the speech's conclusion
What is Action
500
We watched this woman's Salem State University commencement speech.
Who is Antonia Novella?
500
These three terms refer to a speaker's ability to appeal to an audience's logic, credibility, and emotion in order to be truly persuasive.
What are logos, ethos, and pathos
500
FIVE HUNDRED EXTRA POINTS
Vocal interruptions such as um, ah, 'you know', are called these.
What are filler words?
500
This is the full name of this course.
Oral Communication for Civic Engagement and Social Justice
500
This step in Monroe's Motivated Sequence helps the audience understand what the benefits of the solution are. This can either be done through logic or through emotional or vivid descriptions.
What is Visualization