Public Speaking Essentials: A Comprehensive Guide
Chapter 7: Researching Your Speech
1. Research Resources and Evaluation Criteria
If you have personal experience or above-average knowledge about a topic, you can use yourself as a resource. Most of the time, however, you will need outside information, which you can get in the library, on the internet, or by interviewing people with specialized information.
Criteria for Evaluating Research Materials:
- Authorship
- Sponsorship
- Recency
2. Guidelines for Taking Research Notes
- Start early
- Make a preliminary bibliography
- Take
Key Points from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Summary Key Points:
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn begins when Huckleberry Finn is kidnapped by his abusive father. He fakes his death and escapes. Huck runs into escaped slave Jim.
Instead of turning him in, Huck travels with Jim down the Mississippi, where they narrowly escape the Grangerford/Shepherdson feud.
Huck and Jim pick up two conmen pretending to be European royalty. When the frauds try to con three newly orphaned sisters, Huck exposes them.
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Introduction to Literary Studies
Literary Text
They are written acts of communication. They are aesthetically relevant and pleasurable, or they are oriented towards the aesthetic function of language. They are fictive. They are open to interpretation. They are indeterminate as to the perlocutionary effect intended. They are displaced written acts of communication. They are included in the literary canon of any given society.
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Types of Prior Knowledge and Vocabulary Acquisition
Types of Prior Knowledge
1. General Knowledge About the World
1. Sociocultural Knowledge: This implicit knowledge reflects shared understandings within a group (family, community, etc.) and shapes how individuals perceive and interact with the world.
2. Behavioral Knowledge: This knowledge helps readers infer characters’ goals, plans, traits, emotions, and thoughts, facilitating the construction of a mental model of the text.
3. Valence or Polarity
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Item 5: Types of Prior Knowledge
5.1. Types of Prior Knowledge
5.1.1. General Knowledge about the World
- Knowledge Sociocultural. Some define it as a form of knowledge, largely implicit (if not always consciously acquired, nor is it easily accessible to the subject), which reflects some thoughts shared by members of a family, community, intellectual discipline, ethnicity, national culture, or any other group that is relevant to the subject. It reflects how people in that group see the world and interact
Introduction to Poetry: Genres, Forms, and Analysis
Revision Notes: World Literature – Exploring Poetry
What is Literature?
Literature is often defined as a reflection of life. Studying literature allows us to understand and appreciate our literary heritage and embark on a journey of learning and discovery.
What is Poetry?
Poetry is one of the three major types of literature. Poems are often characterized by their unique structure, utilizing lines and stanzas. They frequently employ rhythmic patterns or meters, although some are written in free verse.
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