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10/16: Small Group & Informative Speeches

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Score 0-60 60-70 70-80

80-90

90-100

Class %

4% 10% 29% 23% 33%

“Free” Questions: Question 5

Exam 1

Maximum: 132 (137; -1)Minimum: 80 (85)Median: 114 (119) (-5)Mean: 112 (117) (-5.5)

+Groups: Speaking to Inform

+Objects

Describe something visible, tangible, or stable

NEEDS: Sharply focused Organized

History/evolution (chronological) Features: Spatial organization Most: Topical

https://www.ted.com/talks/dave_troy_social_maps_that_reveal_a_city_s_intersections_and_separations

+Processes

How: something is made, describe how it’s done, or convey how it works

Require visual aids

Require organization

https://www.ted.com/talks/catherine_crump_the_small_and_surprisingly_dangerous_detail_the_police_track_about_you

+Events

Informative

Chronological Or about processes

+Concepts

Beliefs, theories, principles, or abstract subjects

Topical order

More complex Avoid technical language Examples & comparisons make concepts relatable

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M689xuNgJyA

+Dos & Don’ts

Don’t overestimate audience knowledge

Relate subject to audience

Avoid technical language

Avoid abstraction

Personalize topics

Creativity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppDWD3VwxVg

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Monday 10/26

+Monday 10/26

Goals:

Types of argumentationEthosPathosLogos

Causality

Sources

+Argumentation

https://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_h_cohen_for_argument_s_sake

+Logos

+Logos

LogicReason/Proof

Evidence

Comparisons

+Ethos

+Ethos: Ethical, Trust

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts0XG6qDIco

http://www.forthepeople.com/who-we-are/commercials/

+Pathos

Emotion

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc1TrKIzAJM

+Logos, Pathos, Ethos

Reviews

+Logos

Communication of information

Public speaking improvement

Evidence of improved knowledge, return on investmentSalaryGrades in other courses

+Ethos

Trust me, I’m a doctor

+Pathos

+Pathos

+Grade Appeals

Logos: “I presented 8 sources, didn’t sway or pace, and fulfilled the time restrictions

Ethos: “I have a 4.0 and received an A in my last public speaking course”

Pathos: “If I don’t get an A I won’t graduate”

+Observation

Focus group

Qualitative

+Correlation vs. Causation

People who go to bars live longer than those who are socially isolated.

Therefore, going to bars extends your life.

+Correlation

People who live in the United States live longer than those who live in Rwanda

Living in the United States causes you to live longer than if you live in the country of Rwanda.

+Correlation

The United States has a higher rate of obesity than other Western democracies

The United States has a lower voter rate than other Western democracies.

Therefore, obesity lowers voter behavior

+Causation

Single, causal variable

Every time I drink milk, I break out in hivesDemonstrated causal mechanism

+Evidence Collection

Journals

Datasets (github; Pew)

+Personal Experience

“Go ahead and write-off what I’ve seen personally as opposed to what some book or professor tells you”

+Reverse Engineering

What is the response to my argument? How will I respond?

Admit costs and benefits

WEIGHING

+Persuasive Words & Phrases