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IntroductionThe purpose of this assignment is for you to carefully outline your self-concept speech. You will submit the outline to the instructor in this assignment.
You will use your BROWN BAG selected item as your focus here.
Due Date
Submit outline by Sunday at 11:59:59 p.m. CT.
DirectionsPrepare an outline for a three to four (3-4) minute self-concept speech using the outline below in which you introduce yourself to the class. The focal point will be that brown bag selected item.
Speech OutlineYour speech will include the following:
I. Introduction
A. Attention Getter: THIS IS THE FIRST THING YOU WILL SAY. YOU WILL NOT INTRODUCE YOURSELF FIRST
B. Central Idea (thesis statement):
C. Credibility Statement: HERE IS WHERE YOU CAN INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND SHARE WHY YOU ARE CREDITABLE TO TALK ABOUT…WELL, YOU.
D. Preview of Main Ideas:
Transition: “Now that I have told you about __________, I’m going to tell you about _________.”
II. Main Point 1:
A. Sub Point
1. Sub-subpoint for A
2. Sub-subpoint for A
B. Sub Point
1. Sub-subpoint for B
2. Sub-subpoint for B
Transition: “Now that I have told you about __________, I’m going to tell you about ________.”
III. Main Point 2:
A. Sub Point
1. Sub-subpoint for A
2. Sub-subpoint for A
B. Sub Point
1. Sub-subpoint for B
2. Sub-subpoint for B
Transition: “Now that I have told you about __________, I’m going to tell you about ________.”
IV. Main Point 3:
A. Sub Point
1. Sub-subpoint for A
2. Sub-subpoint for A
B. Sub Point
1. Sub-subpoint for B
2. Sub-subpoint for B
Transition: “Now that I have told you about __________, I’m going to tell you about ________.”
V. Conclusion
A. Review of Main Points:
B. Clincher Statement:
**If you use outside sources for any speech, include a list of references here** REFERENCES
Week 3 Study Questions Lawrence: “The Rocking Horse Winner” In what ways does this story begin as a fairy
Week 3 Study Questions
Lawrence: “The Rocking Horse Winner”
In what ways does this story begin as a fairy tale? In what ways it different?
Characterize the mother. Compare her with stepmothers from fairy tales like “Cinderella” and “Hansel and Gretel”
What kind of child is Paula and what are his motivations?
What does the “whispering house” represent?
Why does money increase the whisperings of the house?
What might the boy’s furious riding of the rocking horse symbolize?
What is the “theme” of this story? That is if you could reduce the story to a single statement, what would that be?
Gilman: The Yellow Wallpaper
Why does the first-person narrator’s point of view work well in this story?
Speculate on the illness from which the writer suffers.
How does the story reflect women’s repression?
Who or what is the figure in the wallpaper and why do you think so?
Poe: “The Cask of Amontillado”
What is the point of view of this story? This means the literary point of view.
How is this point of view effective in developing the story?
Describe the setting. How does it add to the story
In carrying out his revenge, how does Montresor take advantage of (a) Fortunato’s “one weakness,” (c) the catacombs?
What kind of man is Montresor? Is he mad or sane? Rational or emotional? Explain.
What symbolic or ironic functions are served by (a) Fortunato’s name, (b)his costume, (c) Montresor’s coat of arms and family motto, (d) Montresor’s reply to Fortunato’s statement, “I shall not die of a cough.” (e) Montresor’s statement that he too is a Mason.
How are the catacombs symbolic?
Why and to whom is Montresor revealing his crime fifty years after he committed it?
Cather: “Paul’s Case”
What details of Paul’s appearance and behavior, as his teachers see him, indicate that he is different from most boys?
Explain Paul’s behavior: Why does he lie? What does he hate? What does he want?
Contrast the world of Cordelia Street with Carnegie Hall and the Schenley Hotel.
Is Paul artistic? What value does he find in the arts?
What do Paul’s clandestine trips to the stock theater, his trip to New York, and his suicide have in common?
Compare Paul and the college boy he meets. Are they two of a kind or are they different?
Are there any clues to the causes of Paul’s unusual personality.
In what is the author mainly interested?
Note the two cities, Pittsburg and New York, in which the story is set. Discuss their symbolic value.
“Battle Royal” – Ralph Ellison 1. Comment on the significance of the circus imagery as used in the story.
English Assignment Help “Battle Royal” – Ralph Ellison
1. Comment on the significance of the circus imagery as used in the story. Give examples.
2. In “Battle Royal”, animal imagery is used very often. Identify the references to animals in the story (for example, “lion”, “baboon”, “bird”, “panda”, “cottonmouth”, “wolf”, “crab”, “rat”…) and discuss how they contribute to the story.
3. Why do you think there is always an emphasis on “blindness” in the story? Provide examples.
4. What could be the significance of the smoky atmosphere in the hall where the battle royal takes place?
5. How does Ellison’s story challenge the respectability of the white Southern male?
6. At the end of the story, the narrator dreams that he is at a circus with his grandfather: Why does the grandfather refuse to laugh at the clowns?
7. Comment on the following quote from the story: “To Whom It May Concern… Keep This Nigger-Boy Running”.
8. What is the significance of the grandfather’s dying speech? Why does he call himself a traitor and a spy in the enemy’s country?
9. What is Ellison’s reason for creating a dreamlike, surreal atmosphere in the protagonist’s mind?.
10. What is the significance of Booker T. Washington in the story?
11. What is the symbolic value of the battle royal?
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13. How does the story define the concept of “success”?
14. How does the story develop the theme of racial hatred
15. In what ways is the narrator naïve and trusting?
16. Why does the narrator really receive the scholarship?
17. Why do the white men display the naked blonde to the African American boys?
18. Characterize the narrator’s grandfather. What is his role in the narrative?
19. The story is told from the first person point of view. With forceful detail and lyrical immediacy, he narrator conveys numerous details that render the inhuman and psychologically violent treatment that he and other boys are receiving at the hands of the “benefactors.” But the narrator does not become angry. Why?
20. How does the fight operate as a central symbol? What does it symbolize?
Once Upon a Time” : Nadine Gortimer – South Africa
1. Describe the suburb where this family lives
2. Characterize the husband
3. Characterize the wife
4. The family members would not perceive themselves as being overtly racist. Find evidence to the contrary.
5. What symbols do you find and how do they work?
6. How and why does the family become increasingly isolated from the outside world
7. What is Gortimer’s theme here? That is, what is the central idea she is developing or the point she is making in this story.
7. Apply the story’s content and theme to Apartheid.
8. What is the ultimate effect of racism in this story?
9. Apply the story’s theme to other international problems- particularly the use of fences with razor blades.
Think of this discussion post as a prewriting activity for the essay you will draft in this module. In
Think of this discussion post as a prewriting activity for the essay you will draft in this module.
In this discussion post, address some of these questions:
What is the main point you hope to present in your essay?
What are the main items of support?
What are some of the best quotations you’ve found from the primary source(s) to illustrate your points? Choose at least three.
Are you using any support from the supplemental readings or other secondary sources that you’ve found? If so, what, and how does this tie into your main point?
What ideas do you want to bounce off others before you begin drafting?
What questions do you have that you’d like other students’ or your instructor’s feedback on?
Be sure to mention the title and author’s name of the primary source you’ll be writing about in your paper.