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SPEECH OUTLINE
(Adapted from Randy Fujishin, The Natural Speaker, 4th Edition; p. 100)
Your name: ____Phil Venditti__________________ Date: _________
Primary Mode of Presentation: _X_ Demonstration _____ Information _____ Persuasion
PRESENTATION TITLE: How to Use Chopsticks;_______________________
Specific Purpose: AT THE CONCLUSION OF MY PRESENTATION, MY AUDIENCE WILL know how to use chopsticks.
Memorized introduction:
Even in these difficult international times, all people on earth have some things in common. One of these is that we all eat. Of course, we eat in different ways, though. What fraction of the world's people do you suppose uses knives and forks to eat, how many people use their hands, and how many folks employ chopsticks? The answer is about a third of each.
Since most of us in this room learned the basics of eating with our hands when we were toddlers and began using metal implements not long after, today I'm going to show you how to eat with chopsticks. In just a few minutes you'll know how to prepare wooden chopsticks, how to anchor a bottom chopstick, how to position a top one, and how to move the two together like an expert.
Body
I. Preparing wooden chopsticks
A. Breaking them apart without shredding them
B. Rubbing off rough areas and potential splinters
II. Anchoring the bottom chopstick
A. Use the base of your thumb, the bottom of your thumb, and your ring finger.
B. Make the grip rock-hard and unshakeable.
III. Adding the top chopstick
A. Limbering up your index and middle fingers
B. Achieving "parallel structure" with the chopstick and the fingers.
IV. Moving the two chopsticks together
A. Keep the bottom chopstick FIRM so you don't have to chase it around.
B. Move your fingers with your thumb simply as a relaxed fulcrum
Memorized conclusion:
Now you've learned the four steps of using a pair of wooden chopsticks: preparing them, anchoring the bottom one, positioning the top one, and moving the two sticks together. After only seven minutes of instruction, you've acquired a skill that previously a third of humanity mastered but many of you couldn't make use of. Wouldn't it be wonderful if some of the human family's other differences could be so easily understood and overcome?
Citations in APA format of NON-web sources I consulted in preparing the speech (see http://www.lib.usm.edu/~instruct/guides/apa.html for details):
Chang, M.., Jones, T.., Toth, L., Charnizon, M., Grabarek, D., & Larkins, J. (2001). The Story of Chopsticks. (Book review). School Library Journal, 47 (12), 97.
Lach, J. How to use chopsticks 101. American Demographics, 22, (6), 26.
Wong, S., Chan, K., Wong, V., & Wong, W. (2002). Use of chopsticks in Chinese children. Child: Care, Health & Development, 28 (2), 157-162.
(Adapted from Randy Fujishin, The Natural Speaker, 4th Edition; p. 100)
Your name: ____Phil Venditti__________________ Date: _________
Primary Mode of Presentation: _X_ Demonstration _____ Information _____ Persuasion
PRESENTATION TITLE: How to Use Chopsticks;_______________________
Specific Purpose: AT THE CONCLUSION OF MY PRESENTATION, MY AUDIENCE WILL know how to use chopsticks.
Memorized introduction:
Even in these difficult international times, all people on earth have some things in common. One of these is that we all eat. Of course, we eat in different ways, though. What fraction of the world's people do you suppose uses knives and forks to eat, how many people use their hands, and how many folks employ chopsticks? The answer is about a third of each.
Since most of us in this room learned the basics of eating with our hands when we were toddlers and began using metal implements not long after, today I'm going to show you how to eat with chopsticks. In just a few minutes you'll know how to prepare wooden chopsticks, how to anchor a bottom chopstick, how to position a top one, and how to move the two together like an expert.
Body
I. Preparing wooden chopsticks
A. Breaking them apart without shredding them
B. Rubbing off rough areas and potential splinters
II. Anchoring the bottom chopstick
A. Use the base of your thumb, the bottom of your thumb, and your ring finger.
B. Make the grip rock-hard and unshakeable.
III. Adding the top chopstick
A. Limbering up your index and middle fingers
B. Achieving "parallel structure" with the chopstick and the fingers.
IV. Moving the two chopsticks together
A. Keep the bottom chopstick FIRM so you don't have to chase it around.
B. Move your fingers with your thumb simply as a relaxed fulcrum
Memorized conclusion:
Now you've learned the four steps of using a pair of wooden chopsticks: preparing them, anchoring the bottom one, positioning the top one, and moving the two sticks together. After only seven minutes of instruction, you've acquired a skill that previously a third of humanity mastered but many of you couldn't make use of. Wouldn't it be wonderful if some of the human family's other differences could be so easily understood and overcome?
Citations in APA format of NON-web sources I consulted in preparing the speech (see http://www.lib.usm.edu/~instruct/guides/apa.html for details):
Chang, M.., Jones, T.., Toth, L., Charnizon, M., Grabarek, D., & Larkins, J. (2001). The Story of Chopsticks. (Book review). School Library Journal, 47 (12), 97.
Lach, J. How to use chopsticks 101. American Demographics, 22, (6), 26.
Wong, S., Chan, K., Wong, V., & Wong, W. (2002). Use of chopsticks in Chinese children. Child: Care, Health & Development, 28 (2), 157-162.