Senior Speech Outline Message: The importance of resilience in the face of adversity. Novels: To Kill a Mockingbird, The Catcher in the Rye, The Great Gatsby Plays: A Streetcar Named Desire, Death of

What you are submitting: a message you’ve decided to talk about and 4 cited quotes that support that message.
Answer these questions as you engage in evidence collection.
What message might you want to convey to your classmates?
With your classmates, brainstorm a list of the following:
novels, plays, graphic novels and poetry you’ve read.
popular songs
popular TV shows
popular movies
3. Finally, copy down word for word,( correctly) a total of 4 lines directly from the list above that supports the message you have decided to convey to your classmates. Include a correct citation. Look up MLA 8 for information about how to cite in text citations.
Note: It is not plagiarism when you copy word for word and put quotes around it and cite it with a parenthetical. What IS plagiarism is if you google “Senior Speech” and read someone else’s. That will result in a 0 on your final exam.
Keep your THEME(the message) in your mind as you begin to draft ideas, words and phrases that you will include in your speech.
The time requirement for your senior speech will be be 4-7 minutes. You will have to include certain elements within this speech.
WHAT YOU ARE SUBMIT ING:
Write down ideas for each of the following:
at least two vocabulary words we’ve learned this year.write a sentence using them correctly that you will include in your speech
at least two original literary devices-hyperbole, metaphor, imagery, personification, simile, pun, repetition, analogy, anecdotes, humor. Write two sentences using some of these you will include in your speech
details to support your theme-summarize the details/stories/anecdotes you will share in your speech to support your theme
Repeat the one direct quotations (from songs, movies, books) you’ll use in your speech from the previous step and the 3 other allusions(can be direct quotes or just references).
Here is a resource for you to review literary terminology you may want to include in your speech:
What you are submitting: an outline or web, organizing your speech into an introduction, body, and a conclusion.
allusion in the form of a direct quote, cited correctly in draft
another allusion in the form of a direct quote, cited correctly in draft
allusion…can be a summary or description of a 1 movie, song, poem, book
allusion…can be a summary or description of a movie, song, poem, book
a vocabulary word from class
another vocabulary word from class
literary element
another literary element
detail, anecdote that supports your theme/ message
another detail, anecdote that supports your theme/message
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