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Parts of an Introductory Speech/Opening Paragraph

Parts of an Introductory Speech/Opening Paragraph. Parizo – American Lit IB: English A. Learning Target. Students will be able to properly outline an opening paragraph, in the form of a introduction speech, using proper organization and usage Tools of Rhetoric (pathos, ethos, and logos).

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Parts of an Introductory Speech/Opening Paragraph

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  1. Parts of an Introductory Speech/Opening Paragraph Parizo – American Lit IB: English A

  2. Learning Target • Students will be able to properly outline an opening paragraph, in the form of a introduction speech, using proper organization and usage Tools of Rhetoric (pathos, ethos, and logos).

  3. Every opening paragraph must have an identifiable: • Topic Sentence(s) • “Vehicle” • Thesis Statement

  4. TOPIC SENTENCE “VEHICLE” THESIS STATEMENT

  5. A Topic Sentence introduces your subject without being too confrontational. • Example: For many Americans, economic stability remains one of the most important goals in life.

  6. Your “Vehicle” is the subject that you plan on using to prove your argument; it can be a book, a movie, a philosophy, an essay, or even you. This is inserted after clarifying your topic sentence a little further. • Vehicle Example: In John Steinbeck’s masterpiece novel Of Mice and Men the drive for economic stability is the center-point of the lives of almost all characters.

  7. Your Thesis Statement is a combination of your “Topic Sentence” and “Vehicle” – make it a little more confrontational by adding an argument. This is your idea and the thing you want to convince your reader. • Thesis Example:IT CAN BE ARGUED THAT while economic stability is a major part of American life, what we call The American Dream, this desire often leads to some of the most difficult decisions in a person’s life – as depicted in most characters within Of Mice and Men.

  8. All Three Parts Together: • For many Americans, economic stability remains one of the most important goals in life... In John Steinbeck’s masterpiece novel Of Mice and Men the drive for economic stability is the center-point of the lives of almost all characters… IT CAN BE ARGUED THAT while economic stability is a major part of American life, what we call The American Dream, this desire often leads to some of the most difficult decisions in a person’s life – as depicted in most characters within Of Mice and Men.

  9. “Let Me Catechize This For You” (Feste “Twelfth Night”) • TOPIC SENTENCE: Animals are the greatest thing in the world. • VEHICLE: The greatness of animals can be seen in a pony. • THESIS STATEMENT:IT CAN BE ARGUED THAT… when a person looks at a pony, it is obvious that they are the greatest of all animals.

  10. Example: • TOPIC SENTENCE: In his 1996 speech to Cambridge University, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama stated, “We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection. ” (Albers 132). • VEHICLE: The characters of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men live in a world without religion and meditation, but deep within each character are different levels of human affection. • THESIS STATEMENT: IT CAN BE ARGUED THAT… the various levels of human affection, the key to each character’s happiness within the novel Of Mice and Men, can be found within their ability to display human affection.

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