class #15
• clips of the day
• midterm
• more figures of speech
• presenting numbers
• delivery
clip of the day
persuasive talk
are we learning anything yet?
now it’s all about pulling things together
Monday review session, P392, 3-4+ !90 minutes--100 points !use the study guide! !skill questions: passive voice identifying & flipping, rewriting problem sentences, situation analysis, who/whom. !concept questions: e.g., key phrase associated with ‘proactive’. review coursepack and slides. !pto questions: ‘verbal abuse’, comma sutra, & ‘saying is believing’. !presentation zen--especially stuff from class !
figures of speech !word play
synechdoche: a part for the whole !
Let’s get a hit, number-forty-seven !
Ask blue-eyes over there !
Metal-mouth has the answer !
Ask the hairdo. !
brangelina, billary, sodo, workaholic, perpetraitor, Obamanation
portmanteau words: made up words combining other words:
repeating a ‘root’ word, but in a different form.
polyptoton (po-LIP-ti-tun):
choosy mothers choose ‘jif’.
mariners close deal for a closer.
quote authorities to give your message authority
love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired. --robert frost
a pun, in which (usually) a verb takes two objects that cleverly gives the verb two different meanings: e.g., caught the train and a bad cold.
syllepsis (suh LEP sis):
You are free to execute your laws, and your citizens, as you see fit. --Star Trek
I called her a whore and myself a cab. --Michael Salinger
You held your breath and the door for me. --Alanis Morissette
I took her hand and then an aspirin in the morning --Eve 6
business plan
crux of revenues and expenses
resistance frames
investor offering crux
resistance frames
Money Talk
effective charts
‘picture superiority effect’
“...slides and other multimedia have more in common with cinema (images and narration) and comics (images and text) than they do with written documents.” GR, p. 135
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effective charts
• summary: expository tool--tables do this, too
• picture superiority: tells a visual story
• punchline: emphasizes a key insight
• simplicity: makes it easy for audience to grasp in an instant
cascadia rail
delivery
Anyone, anyone . . . ?
don’t leave anything to chance !(rehearse [exactly] as you will perform) ! . . . that means get a remote and rehearse with it
rehearse, rehearse, rehearse
don’t think about yourself !
(focus on your mission)
what are you like when you are at your best?
aspire to relaxed intensity !smile, bring a playful mood !look like you enjoy being here
don’t read !
(eat the text and use a story board)
connect
project
vary pace
be expressive
be committed
manage your nerves
stretch yourself
good luck next week
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