Topic of speech will be on Sharks  You will be doing your “Speaking to Inform” speech. Take your time and WRITE YOUR SPEECH FIRST ON A WORD DOCUMENT. THEN WRITE YOUR SPEECH ON INDEX CARDS AND PRACTICE YOUR SPEECH UNTIL YOU MEMORIZE IT. YOUR WRITTEN SPEECH MUST BE THE SAME AS THE SPEECH RECORDED IN THE VIDEO. Outline Example General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience of the benefits of the proposed youth center. Central Idea: The youth center will offer teenagers a safe, social, flexible, and free place to spend their time. Main Points: I. The youth center will offer a range of activities in a safe environment. II. The youth center will provide social networks for youths from all walks of life. III. The youth center will operate most hours of the day and night. IV. The youth center will be free and open to everyone. Informative Speech Preparation Worksheet 1. What is the topic of your speech? Why is it appropriate for you? 2. Why is the topic appropriate for your audience? 3. Is your topic narrowed to conform to the time limits for the speech assignment? 4. What is your specific purpose statement? 5. Can you answer yes to all the questions on the Specific Purpose Checklist on page 85 of your textbook? __________ 6. What is your central idea? 7. Can you answer yes to all the questions on the Central Idea Checklist on page 90 of your textbook? __________ 8. What method(s) of gaining attention do you use in the introduction? 9. How do you establish your credibility in the introduction? 10. Write the preview statement you will use in your introduction. 11. Can you answer yes to all the questions on the Speech Introduction Checklist on page 182 of your textbook? __________ 12. What method of organization do you use in the speech? 13. State in full sentences the main points to be developed in the body of your speech. 14. Can you answer yes to all the questions on the Main Points Checklist on page 170 of your textbook? __________ 15. What steps have you taken to adapt the content of your speech so it will be clear and interesting to your audience? Be specific. 16. What method(s) of reinforcing your central idea do you use in the conclusion? 17. Can you answer yes to all the questions on the Speech Conclusion Checklist on page 191 of your textbook? __________ Purchase answer to see full attachment Tags: informative speech sharks Speaking to Inform Student has agreed that all tutoring, explanations, and answers provided by the tutor will be used to help in the learning process and in accordance with our company’shonor code & terms of service.

MLA In-Text Citations: The Basics

Guidelines for referring to the works of others in your text using MLA style are covered throughout the MLA Handbook and in chapter 7 of the MLA Style Manual. Both books provide extensive examples, so it’s a good idea to consult them if you want to become even more familiar with MLA guidelines or if you have a particular reference question.

BASIC IN-TEXT CITATION RULES

In MLA Style, referring to the works of others in your text is done using parenthetical citations. This method involves providing relevant source information in parentheses whenever a sentence uses a quotation or paraphrase. Usually, the simplest way to do this is to put all of the source information in parentheses at the end of the sentence (i.e., just before the period). However, as the examples below will illustrate, there are situations where it makes sense to put the parenthetical elsewhere in the sentence, or even to leave information out.

General Guidelines

• The source information required in a parenthetical citation depends (1) upon the source medium (e.g. print, web, DVD) and (2) upon the source’s entry on the Works Cited page.
• Any source information that you provide in-text must correspond to the source information on the Works Cited page. More specifically, whatever signal word or phrase you provide to your readers in the text must be the first thing that appears on the left-hand margin of the corresponding entry on the Works Cited page.

IN-TEXT CITATIONS: AUTHOR-PAGE STYLE

MLA format follows the author-page method of in-text citation. This means that the author’s last name and the page number(s) from which the quotation or paraphrase is taken must appear in the text, and a complete reference should appear on your Works Cited page. The author’s name may appear either in the sentence itself or in parentheses following the quotation or paraphrase, but the page number(s) should always appear in the parentheses, not in the text of your sentence. For example:

Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (263).

Romantic poetry is characterized by the “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (Wordsworth 263).

Wordsworth extensively explored the role of emotion in the creative process (263).

Both citations in the examples above, (263) and (Wordsworth 263), tell readers that the information in the sentence can be located on page 263 of a work by an author named Wordsworth. If readers want more information about this source, they can turn to the Works Cited page, where, under the name of Wordsworth, they would find the following information:

Wordsworth, William. Lyrical Ballads. Oxford UP, 1967.

IN-TEXT CITATIONS FOR PRINT SOURCES WITH KNOWN AUTHOR

For print sources like books, magazines, scholarly journal articles, and newspapers, provide a signal word or phrase (usually the author’s last name) and a page number. If you provide the signal word/phrase in the sentence, you do not need to include it in the parenthetical citation.

Human beings have been described by Kenneth Burke as “symbol-using animals” (3).

Human beings have been described as “symbol-using animals” (Burke 3).

These examples must correspond to an entry that begins with Burke, which will be the first thing that appears on the left-hand margin of an entry on the Works Cited page:

Burke, Kenneth. Language as Symbolic Action: Essays on Life, Literature, and Method. University of California Press, 1966.