Introduction is a key to the successful speech

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We move on and now we are studying the structure of the speech, more specifically the introduction. We have five speeches from the internet and two tasks about these speeches.

TASK 1
There are five attention-getters mentioned in the textbook:
- asking a question
- making references
- making a startling statement
- giving a quotation
- telling a story
So we need to identify which attention-getter was used in each video

1. How will we survive when the population hit 10 billion? by Charles C.
https://www.ted.com/talks/charles_c_mann_how_will_we_survive_when_the_population_hits_10_billion
The attention-getter is asking a question.

2. Still Standing by Ramona J. Smith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Tev43VNRIc
The attention-getter is asking questions. But I would say that it was a kind of a perfomance illustrated a boxer.

3. Every kid needs a champion by Rita Pierson
https://www.ted.com/talks/rita_pierson_every_kid_needs_a_champion/discussion?...en#t-445278
The attention-getter is telling a story.
By the way, this speech is my favourite one. Rita is such a great orator that I just fell in love with her and her ideas. If I could attach the video on the wall, I would do it. That's because her topic is very close to my life and profession.

4. How great leaders inspire action by Simon Sinek
https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action?referrer=playlist-the_most_popular_talks_of_all%C2%A0#t-9489
The attention-getter is asking questions.

5. Looks aren't everything. Believe me, I'm a model
https://www.ted.com/talks/cameron_russell_looks_aren_t_everything_believe_me_i_m_a_model?nolanguage=en%C2%A0#t-38333
The attention-getter is making a reference

TASK 2
There should be transit between the attention-getter and the topic sentence in the introduction. And now we will evaluate the transitions in every speech on the scale from 0 (poor transition) to 3 (well-done transition).

1. How will we survive when the population hit 10 billion? by Charles C.
https://www.ted.com/talks/charles_c_mann_how_will_we_survive_when_the_population_hits_10_billion
3 because the transit was good. The speaker started the performance with the question connected with the topic of his speech. Though this transit was a little bit long, I think.

2. Still Standing by Ramona J. Smith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Tev43VNRIc
3 becaue the transit was logic and I even didn't notice it

3. Every kid needs a champion by Rita Pierson
https://www.ted.com/talks/rita_pierson_every_kid_needs_a_champion/discussion?...en#t-445278
3 because the topic statement is a part of her story.

4. How great leaders inspire action by Simon Sinek
https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action?referrer=playlist-the_most_popular_talks_of_all%C2%A0#t-9489
3 because all Simon's quastions are connected woth the topic of his speech.

5. Looks aren't everything. Believe me, I'm a model
https://www.ted.com/talks/cameron_russell_looks_aren_t_everything_believe_me_i_m_a_model?nolanguage=en%C2%A0#t-38333
3 because the topic statement was the answer to the reference she made.

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  1. Yulia Rychkova31 октября 2018 г. в 12:49

    Hey! Thanks for your observations! I'm glad you enjoyed the speeches.
    Just a few corrections.

    In speech 2 "Still Standing" by Ramona J. Smith the attention-getters are:
    1. illustration (life as a boxing fight) or it’s also possible to define as telling a story
    2. asking questions (Can think of the time what the life tried to knock you down?)

    And

    In speech 5 "Looks aren't everything. Believe me, I'm a model", the attention-getters are
    1. making a reference (I feel there is uncomfortable tension in the room right know because I shouldn’t have worn this dress)
    2. making a startling statement, where the statement is an action, i.e. changing her outfit (which is the key component in her introduction)
    +3. asking a question (so why did I do that?)

    I know these two are pretty hard. Anyway, we are learning and trying to take the best out of these activities and speeches ;)

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