Step 1: Review the information presented in the lesson.
Study the information that explores speech delivery and how it should be modified based on the characteristics of the audience and other factors.

Step 2: Read the following description of a speaking situation.
You work as a technical support manager for a satellite television company. As part of a company-sponsored tuition reimbursement program, you are also attending college courses part time and pursuing a degree in communications. Your Human Resources representative asks you to give a presentation to a group of people at an upcoming career fair. The HR manager wants you to motivate potential applicants to apply for part-time positions that pay a relatively low hourly wage and include only limited benefits. This is exactly the type of position you accepted when you first started with the company. The job fair will be held in a part of the city with a relatively low unemployment rate. The people attending are likely to come from middle- to upper middle-class families. The people who attend the career fair from upper middle-class families are used to getting what they want without too much effort; therefore, they may not be able to relate directly to the persistence you showed to work your way from a part-time, low-paying position into a higher-paying one that includes benefits. The ones from middle-class families may relate more to your personal story. You can’t gather all the characteristics of all the career fair attendees in advance, but you do know that the way in which you explain the advantages of working for the satellite television company and the type of language you use will affect the attendees’ decision on whether or not to apply for a position with the company.

Step 3: Copy and paste the following questions into a word processing document:When you state your thesis, how will you phrase it to avoid negative reactions from potential applicants who are expecting more pay and better benefits when they first start with the company?
What language strategies would you use in your speech to make it sound more appealing to the entire group?
What techniques could you use to establish common ground with everyone in the audience?
How would you change your speech delivery if the audience consisted mostly of low-income mothers trying to enter or re-enter the workforce?Step 4: Write a paragraph or more to answer each question related to this speaking situation.

Step 5: Save and submit your document.
When you have completed the assignment, save a copy for yourself in an easily accessible place and submit a copy to your instructor using the drop box

Step 1: Review the information presented in the lesson that explores styles used to deliver presentations.
In particular, focus on the styles identified as the CORE styles:Clear Style
Oral Style
Rhetorical Style
Eloquent StyleStep 2: Read the following excerpts from three different speeches.
Analyze each speaker’s style and language strategies. Identify which CORE style(s) each speaker uses.Oprah Winfrey Receives the first Bob Hope Humanitarian Award – September 22, 2002 (from http://famous-speeches-and-speech-topics.info/famous-speeches-by-women/oprah-winfrey-speech.htm (Links to an external site.))”Thank you everybody. Thank you Tom, and Bob and Dolores, who are home watching I hope, thank you so much, and to everyone who voted for me.

There really is nothing more important to me than striving to be a good human being. So, to be here tonight and be acknowledged as the first to receive this honor is beyond expression in words for me. ‘I am a human being, nothing human is alien to me.’ Terence said that in 154 B.C., and when I first read it many years ago, I had no idea of the depth of that meaning.

I grew up in Nashville with a father who owned a barbershop, Winfrey’s Barber Shop, he still does, I can’t get him to retire. And every holiday, every holiday, all of the transients and the guys who I thought were just losers who hung out at the shop, and were always bumming haircuts from my father and borrowing money from my dad, all those guys always ended up at our dinner table. They were a cast of real characters—it was Fox and Shorty and Bootsy and Slim. And I would say, ‘Bootsy, could you pass the peas please?’ And I would often say to my father afterwards, ‘Dad, why can’t we just have regular people at our Christmas dinner?’—because I was looking for the Currier & Ives version. And my father said to me, ‘They are regular people. They’re just like you. They want the same thing you want.’ And I would say, ‘What?’ And he’d say, ‘To be fed.’ And at the time, I just thought he was talking about dinner. But I have since learned how profound he really was, because we all are just regular people seeking the same thing. The guy on the street, the woman in the classroom, the Israeli, the Afghani, the Zuni, the Apache, the Irish, the Protestant, the Catholic, the gay, the straight, you, me—we all just want to know that we matter. We want validation. We want the same things. We want safety, and we want to live a long life. We want to find somebody to love. Stedman, thank you. We want to find somebody to laugh with and have the power and the place to cry with when necessary.

The greatest pain in life is to be invisible. What I’ve learned is that we all just want to be heard. And I thank all the people who continue to let me hear your stories, and by sharing your stories, you let other people see themselves and for a moment, glimpse the power to change and the power to triumph.

Maya Angelou said, ‘When you learn, teach. When you get, give.’ I want you to know that this award to me means that I will continue to strive to give back to the world what it has given to me, so that I might even be more worthy of tonight’s honor.

Thank you.”

President Obama’s Speech to a Joint Session Of Congress, February 24, 2009 (from http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/24/politics/main4826494.shtml#ccmm (Links to an external site.))
“Now, I understand that when the last administration asked this Congress to provide assistance for struggling banks, Democrats and Republicans alike were infuriated by the mismanagement and the results that followed. So were the American taxpayers. So was I. So I know how unpopular it is to be seen as helping banks right now, especially when everyone is suffering in part from their bad decisions. I promise you—I get it.

But I also know that in a time of crisis, we cannot afford to govern out of anger, or yield to the politics of the moment. (Applause.) My job—our job—is to solve the problem. Our job is to govern with a sense of responsibility. I will not send—I will not spend a single penny for the purpose of rewarding a single Wall Street executive, but I will do whatever it takes to help the small business that can’t pay its workers, or the family that has saved and still can’t get a mortgage. (Applause.)

That’s what this is about. It’s not about helping banks, it’s about helping people. (Applause.) It’s not about helping banks, it’s about helping people. Because when credit is available again, that young family can finally buy a new home. And then some company will hire workers to build it. And then those workers will have money to spend. And if they can get a loan, too, maybe they’ll finally buy that car, or open their own business. Investors will return to the market, and American families will see their retirement secured once more. Slowly, but surely, confidence will return, and our economy will recover. (Applause.)

So I ask this Congress to join me in doing whatever proves necessary. Because we cannot consign our nation to an open-ended recession. And to ensure that a crisis of this magnitude never happens again, I ask Congress to move quickly on legislation that will finally reform our outdated regulatory system. (Applause.) It is time—it is time to put in place tough, new common-sense rules of the road so that our financial market rewards drive and innovation, and punishes short-cuts and abuse.

The recovery plan and the financial stability plan are the immediate steps we’re taking to revive our economy in the short term. But the only way to fully restore America’s economic strength is to make the long-term investments that will lead to new jobs, new industries, and a renewed ability to compete with the rest of the world. The only way this century will be another American century is if we confront at last the price of our dependence on oil and the high cost of health care; the schools that aren’t preparing our children and the mountain of debt they stand to inherit. That is our responsibility.”

Response to President Obama’s Speech to Congress from Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal (from http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/24/sotn.jindal.transcript/ (Links to an external site.))

“Today in Washington, some are promising that government will rescue us from the economic storms raging all around us.

Those of us who lived through Hurricane Katrina—we have our doubts.

Let me tell you a story.

During Katrina, I visited Sheriff Harry Lee, a Democrat and a good friend of mine. When I walked into his makeshift office, I’d never seen him so angry. He was yelling into the phone: ‘Well, I’m the Sheriff and if you don’t like it you can come and arrest me!’ I asked him: ‘Sheriff, what’s got you so mad?’ He told me that he had put out a call for volunteers to come with their boats to rescue people who were trapped on their rooftops by the floodwaters. The boats were all lined up ready to go, when some bureaucrat showed up and told them they couldn’t go out on the water unless they had proof of insurance and registration. I told him, ‘Sheriff, that’s ridiculous.’ And before I knew it, he was yelling into the phone: ‘Congressman Jindal is here, and he says you can come and arrest him too!’ Harry just told the boaters to ignore the bureaucrats and go start rescuing people.

There is a lesson in this experience: The strength of America is not found in our government. It is found in the compassionate hearts and the enterprising spirit of our citizens. We are grateful for the support we have received from across the nation for the ongoing recovery efforts. This spirit got Louisiana through the hurricanes and this spirit will get our nation through the storms we face today.

To solve our current problems, Washington must lead. But the way to lead is not to raise taxes and not to just put more money and power in hands of Washington politicians. The way to lead is by empowering you, the American people. Because we believe that Americans can do anything.”
Step 3: Copy and paste the following questions into a word processing document:Which speech excerpt did you select? Who was the speaker, and what was that speaker’s main topic?
What CORE style(s) does the speaker use in his or her speech? Cite the choice of word phrases and other clues from his or her speech to justify your answer.
Based on reading the transcript of the speech, write what you believe to be the speech’s specific purpose.
What strategies did the speaker use to achieve the specific purpose of the speech?
Based on the portion of the speech transcript that you read, do you believe the speaker was successful in achieving the specific purpose of the speech?
How does style and word choice in this speech impact the effectiveness of the message?Step 4: Enter answers to the questions based on the speech excerpt you found most appealing.

Step 5: Save and submit your document.
When you have completed the assignment, save a copy for yourself in an easily accessible place and submit a copy to your instructor using the drop box

Step 1: Review the information presented in the lesson that discusses creating outlines.
In particular, study the section that describes full-sentence, preparation outlines, their elements, and how to create them.

Step 2: Open the documents from Lesson 4.
Open the documents you created for the Lesson 4 assignments, in which you selected a speech topic, wrote a thesis statement, identified a question based on the thesis statement, and identified at least three main points.

Step 3: Select a Pattern of Organization.
Based on your knowledge of patterns of organizing speech information, select a pattern of organization to use to create an outline for your speech.

Step 4: Locate and open the template outline that matches the speech pattern that you chose.
To locate the template outlines available on the MySpeechLab website:Open your web browser and navigate to http://wps.ablongman.com/ab_msl_activities_1/77/19733/5051868.cw/content/index.html (Links to an external site.).
Scroll through the list of template outlines to locate the one you wish to use.
Copy the template outline, and paste it into your word processing document for Assignment 7.2.Step 5: Enter the Identifying Data from the Lesson 4 documents for your speech:Title
General Purpose
Specific Purpose
ThesisStep 6: Using the template, create a full-sentence, formal outline for your speech.
Follow the guidelines presented in the lesson for using a consistent set of symbols, using full declarative sentences, and entering transitions within square brackets.

Step 7: Create a reference list.
Include any and all sources you use to locate information for your formal outline.

Step 1: Review the information presented in the lesson that covers concepts and issues related to efficient organizational methods.
Recall that the three main sections of a speech or presentation are the introduction, body, and conclusion.

Step 2: In a word processing document, write a brief definition or description for each of the following patterns of organization that can be used to structure the flow of information in a speech:
Topical Pattern
Temporal Pattern
Spatial Pattern
Problem-Solution Pattern
Cause-Effect Pattern
Monroe’s Motivated SequenceStep 3: Read the following list of statements about the topic of friendship.
Determine which of the patterns of organization might be useful to create a logical flow of information for the statements. Select one pattern of organization to use to organize the statements. It can be one of the six that you defined in Step 2 or another one from any of the lesson materials or another source.

Statements about Friendship*We develop an acquaintanceship.
Friendship is an interpersonal relationship between two persons that is characterized by mutual positive regard.
We meet.
In order to understand friendships, we need to see what a friendship is and its stages of development.
Friendship is one of the most important of our interpersonal relationships.
We develop an intimate friendship.
Friendships develop through various stages.
Friendships don’t develop full blown but rather go through various stages—from the initial meeting to intimate friendship.
We develop a casual friendship.
By understanding friendship we will be in a better position to develop and maintain productive and enjoyable friendships.
Friendship—an interpersonal relationship characterized by mutual positive regard—is one of our most important assets.
We develop a close relationship.
Friendship is vital to all of us.*These statements are from the Organizing a Scrambled Outline activity on the Course Compass website (Links to an external site.)

Step 4: Neatly write each statement about friendship on a separate Post-It note.
Stick the 13 separate Post-It notes to the edge of your desk or work table.

Step 5: Start arranging the Post-It notes to form a logical flow of the ideas represented by the statements.
Modify the arrangement as many times as needed to get it to fit into one of the organization patterns that you learned about in the lesson.

Step 6: Separate the Post-It notes into three groups: one group for the speech introduction, another for the body, and a final one for the conclusion.

Step 7: On the top of a sheet of blank paper, write the heading Introduction.
Determine which statements you would include in the speech introduction. Keeping them in order, stick the Post-It notes that contain these statements to the Introduction page.

Step 8: On the top of a second sheet of blank paper, write the heading Body.
Determine which statements you would include in the body of the speech. Keeping them in order, stick the Post-It notes that contain these statements to the Body page.

Step 9: On the top of a third sheet of blank paper, write the heading Conclusion.
Determine which statements you would include in the conclusion of the speech. Keeping them in order, stick the Post-It notes that contain these statements to the Conclusion page.

Step 10: Enter the information.
In your word processing document, enter the headings and associated statements.

Step 11: Copy and paste the questions below into your word processing document, and enter your answers.
Which pattern of organization did you use to structure the flow of statements?
Are there any other patterns that you could have potentially used? If so, which one(s)?
Based on your experience, do you think you will use the Post-It note technique to organize information for other assignments or projects? Why or why not?Step 12: Save and submit your document.
When you have completed the assignment, save a copy for yourself in an easily accessible place and submit a copy to your instructor using the drop box.