Week of November 5 - 11

Hello Folks!

Here is what is listed on the Participation Page from BB for this week. The schedule for the entire semester, and the discussion questions for the entire semester are listed on the Schedule and Participation Pages, respectively. In case you do not want to wait for the "Monday Post", you are more than welcome to get started by looking at those two pages on BB.

Due this week:
*Read Chapter 14 - Speaking to Persuade
*Watch all Speech Buddy Videos associated with Chapters 14
*Participate in the discussion (see questions below)
*Continue writing your Tribute Speech.  We will present the Tribute Speech on November 15th @ 6:30pm during our face-to-face meeting.
*Continue researching your topic for the Persuasive Speech.  You will need to bring all research to our meeting on November 15th.


Discussion Questions:
Answer one question in its entirety in each of your three separate posts, at least 12 hours apart. Please make sure you are creating a NEW POST for each question on your blog. You MUST WAIT at least 12 hours from the first post in order to create a second post. The same is true for the second and third post. I will record dates and time of your posts, so make sure they are at least 12 hours apart. EACH POST MUST BE 150 WORDS OR MORE. Each post is worth a maximum of 5 points.

1). Discuss Monroe's Motivated Sequence and the Problem/Solution organizational pattern in detail.  Explain which organizational pattern you would prefer to use for the final speech in this course.  (This may take a google search of the terms:  "Monroe's Motivated Sequence", and "Problem Solution Pattern" in order to better understand each organizational pattern.)

2). How are you immersed in a sea of persuasion?  Give some examples of persuasive messages you've received in interpersonal, public speaking, and mass media contexts.  What can you do to become a more critical consumer or persuasive  messages?

3). Pick one concept from the reading this week and discuss it in detail.

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