What was your overall experience in preparing for and delivering the Informative Speech? Was it a worthwhile experience and have you personally grown from it? Please explain and give specific examples. Which was more challenging for you – speech preparation (including planning, analysis, research, writing the outline, speaker notes, and practicing) OR actually delivering the speech to the class OR were both equally challenging? What steps or measures did you take, if any, to overcome these challenges? Please explain and give examples. If you were given another chance to re-do this speech (any point in the speech process), would you have done something differently or do everything the same? Please explain and give examples. What stood out for you in this assignment? (Anything you’ll never forget?!) Hello, everyone, today’s topic is body shaming. As we know, body shaming is ‘The action or practice of expressing humiliation about another individual’s body shape or size’ Body shaming has been a colossal topic discussed by society and the media. The media offers tips like ‘lose weight instantly’ without knowing our bodies, especially our appearance. People should not look up to how the media portrays a gorgeous body because it can affect a victim who is not confident in the way they physically appear. It is essential to inform the public how our bodies function differently. Firstly, body shaming is present in many ways. People often compare our appearance to another person and then criticize it. (i.e., ‘I’m so ugly.’ ‘Nobody will ever love me because my body is not as perfect as someone’.’) People go to extreme measures to achieve the ideal body image. Issues related to body image include weight-lifting to build muscles, dieting to remain slim and eating disorders. Most people spent a chunk of time on social media sites to check on photos of our friends. We then wish to be slimmer and prettier like they see others. Moreover, people criticize how others look. Overweight people face body shaming almost every day. They are told how they don’t watch what they eat and lack self-discipline. People criticize how others look without their knowledge. Sadly, we do not celebrate female athletes for their strength and power; instead, we deem them masculine. We tell people they will not find lovers if they do not lose weight. Others say they cannot date a person because they are shorter than them. So why do we body shame ourselves and others? The main reason is that the ideal body image is imprinted in our minds by society and the media. Most TV and movie stars are thin and the ones who do not tend to be the jokes on screen. Video games and comic books emphasize women’s bodies and draw female characters of impractical body shapes. Captain America: The First Avenger, Steve Rogers is portrayed as not attractive to women and too weak for the army before receiving the super-soldier serum, showing how ridiculous this is making us hate our bodies and try to modify our bodies by having a Brazilian butt lifting to look like cartoon characters and Instagram models. So what’s the negative effects of body shaming on our general health? Body shaming is said to amplify eating disorders in individuals. According to the National Eating Disorders Association, it is estimated that 20 million women and 10 million men suffer from a clinically eating disorder in their lifetimes. Body-shaming also takes a toll on our mental health. Research by the Center for Advancing Health showed that most teenagers who believed they were overweight were likely to suffer depression. A person who has experienced long periods of body shaming tends to pity themselves, causing a lack of confidence. They isolate themselves because they see themselves as unworthy of happiness and respect. In the end, how do we overcome body shaming? Firstly, we should start by loving ourselves. Self-love and acceptance are essential for our overall well-being. Ignore those negative comments on social media platforms and from people. Our body image does not define who we are as a person. Stop allowing the media and TV shows to influence how you feel about your own body. You , are the only person who knows how your body functions. Let no one bring you down about how you look. Take measures into your own hands. If you spot body shaming on social media platforms, report it for inappropriate content. Find a supportive and encouraging community, to make life much easier and much better. Purchase answer to see full attachment Explanation & Answer: 1 Pages Tags: Persuasive Speech informative speech Speech delivery overall experience types of speech User generated content is uploaded by users for the purposes of learning and should be used following 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.