Homework Assignments:

1. Revisit all class notes

2. Read and highlight the textbook Chapter 5 "Supporting Your Speech with Evidence," pages 60-68

3. Click on this link to learn more about using visual aids in your informative speech.

4. Skim over pages 69-83 to see the endnote formats and a sample outline entitled The Bombing of Dresden, containing evidence and an introduction and conclusion.

5. Complete the Evidence Usage Exercise on page 84 in the textbook. Look at the Evidence Exercise Solution link in the Putting Theory Into Practice section below.

6. Read and highlight the Informative Speech and Speech 101 Internet Introduce a Speaker assignment sheets on pages 150, 151 and 159.

7. Take You Ought to Know by Now sample review quiz #5

Graded Homework Assignments:
The following graded homework assignments must be submitted via email. The email address is srginley@yahoo.com. Submit only the number of the question and your answer in the body of your email message. ATTACHMENTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Due Sunday, March 7, 6:30 p.m.

Go to your group’s Informative Topic Discussion Forum and respond to the following. “Based on the information we’ve gathered in our audience analysis, what does our speech class need to learn more about? Suggest possible Informative Speech broad or narrow topic areas. Why do you think the topics you suggested would be valuable to hear?” Please post your responses as new messages.

Due Wednesday, March 10, 6:30 p.m.

1. Decide on and post your group’s Informative Speech broad group topic and narrow individual topics in your group’s Informative Topic Discussion Forum. Throughout the week you should dialogue with your fellow group members as you determine your Informative Speech topics. You may post your reactions to your fellow group member’s suggested topics in your group’s Informative Topic forum or plan a meeting time and use your group’s chat room. Please post your responses as new messages.

2. Take quiz #5.

Due Wednesday, April 7, 6:30 p.m.:

Answer YOTKBN Review Questions #133-168 on pages 169-171. Do not email me your answers. I’ll check all Midterm Review Question answers during the Wednesday, April 7, class session. You may check your answers in the You Ought to Know by Now review section.

Links to Additional Materials:

The Figurative analogies link offers some short examples of how figurative analogies have been used to add emotional appeal.

The More figurative analogies link provides examples of figurative analogies used in speeches.

The Quotations link provides examples of how speakers could have, or already have, used others’ words to strengthen their speeches.

Like to find some quotations for your speech? There are numerous online web sites featuring quotations. Here are two of the more user friendly quotation web sites I’ve found. They each organize quotations several different ways.

Quoteland.com

The Quotations Archive

Researching Speeches is an excellent collection of online research links compiled by Ron St. John at the University of Hawaii Maui Speech Department. Be sure to scroll down. It’s a rather lengthy list.

Putting Theory Into Practice

Look at the Evidence exercise (solution) link to see a research plan for an Informative Speech about cigarette smoking.

Study Break:

Laconic speech refers to a short, terse and concise communication. Learn about laconic speech’s originators and see some classic laconic speech examples on the Laconic Speech link.