Sunday, April 29, 2012

Commemorative Speech Manuscript


Commemorative Speech

            “Old man take a look at my life I’m a lot like you” is the first line of the second chorus in Neil Young’s timeless hit, Old Man. Some people look up to great influences such as Julia Childs, if your in to cooking, or Andy Worhall, if your into art, or Kobe Bryant, if you’re into sports. But for me, my greatest influence is my father and best friend, Gregory Robert Simms. As a father he has taught me how to be the best man possible, as a best friend, he is the one person I can share anything with, who will listen and understand with an open heart and loving grace. My dad is the one person that has influenced me so much, I sometimes find myself accidently buying pleaded shorts.
            Like most kids, sports played a huge roll in my day to day life and as a result it played a huge roll in my dads as well. Before I continue I must share with you a brief history on my dads affiliation with sports.
            My dad, Greg, or, as his childhood friends call him “Arty”, was no ordinary athlete, he was an extraordinary one. As an elementary aged kid, my dad was forced to play in older, better divisions in his baseball, football, and hockey leagues. For example, when he was nine, the coaches committee of his little league baseball combine collectively agreed that he had to play in the twelve year old division. Not only did he move up 3 age groups, he dominated it. When he pitched he did so well that after a couple games, the coaches committee gathered again and agreed that if he were to pitch in another game, it would have to be with his opposite hand. This process basically continued all the way until he got to high school. My dad did not go to college, because he began a career that would later flourish, so his sports days ended in there. With that said I am sure you can now imagine how involved my dad was in my life, especially when it came to sports.
            Through my elementary sports career, my dad embedded phrases such as “Attitude is everything” , “when the going gets tough the tough get going”, and my favorite of his unsolicited inspiring, educational sayings, “everyday is a holiday”. His life is a true representation of each of those sayings and with no doubt in my mind, I know that they have greatly impacted my life.
            You see my dad like many other parents is one who wants to be apart of every aspect of my life and the experiences that go along with it. From the time I could first converse, through today, every conversation my dad asks the most non- annoying two word question, “whats new?” NOTHING! I never say it but I always think it. If he asks twice in one day I get into a bit of trouble. But seriously, if he asks and I say “not too much”, he’ll start asking more detailed questions like; “what did you eat? “Did you cook it?” “How did you make it” “Whats her name”, etc, I’m sure you all know how that goes.

            Proverbs 27:17 says, “Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.”


My dad is my best friend. The change from child to teen is big, but the transformation from non-Christian to Christian is even bigger. That is something my dad and I went through together.
In the summer of 2009 some events occurred within my family that led to all of us, my mom Kathy, my brother Justin, my sister Whitney, my dad, and myself to Christ, but at different times. My mom began an immediate, intense relationship with Jesus, and since my brother and sister were both out of the house, in college, my dad realized that we needed to do the same thing, not only because we felt it was right but because we knew my mom was now on the right page, and we needed to be on the same one. As a result of our close friendship, my dad and I decided to get baptized together in the ocean of the beach we grew up going to, the beach where he taught me to surf, Burnout Beach, in Torrance, California. It was a beautiful moment in time with my dad. We walked from the sand to the water one person, and then rose from the water a new one. From that time on, things began to change, in a new way. I had always thought my dad was a generous man, it is one of his qualities I admire most, with this new life change, many of my dad’s life endeavors blossomed.
My dad was in the restaurant industry for many years, but when I was born, he left the family business and he began his own landscape company. After fourteen years of doing, well, in that career, when he became a Christian, he did incredible. Watching his business see- saw back and forth for many years wasn’t always easy. We went through times of struggle, but my dad always made sure we were happy as a family. But during this time of transformation, I had the opporunity to watch him become who he is well known for today.
            My dad is easily one of the most artistic people I have ever met. If you were to see him on the street, you would be able to guess he is an artist. On an average day, you can catch him wearing bright orange polo shorts, a “Jams” brand shirt, “yeah, you have never heard of a brand called “Jams” because they only sell the most bright, unique shirts in all of America, they are so unique, most people don’t buy them, except for my dad. Picture a Reyne Spooner on a steroids. Anyways, my dad is one of those people who could literally turn anything ugly into something beautiful. He can show up at someone’s house for the first time that desperately needs his help, and within the first five minutes of seeing what he’s got to work with, he’ll know what he wants to do and on a radical level. My dad’s career hasn’t become successful solely because of his talent, but because of who he is as a person. He has this innate ability to put himself in others people’s shoes, which may not sound so crazy but when you think about it, it’s a pretty difficult task. For instance, one of his major clients, is Barbara Streisand, the famous singer and actress. I remember when he first started his project on her already existing beautiful home, once a week, he would share with our family how another guy quit the job because Barbra was too annoying or too difficult to work with. My dad has been working with Barbra Streisand for five years now. His ability to put himself in other people’s shoes has gotten him far because he can relate to people on a level they are comfortable with. If my dad had a facebook, he would probably have more friends than me and half of them would be people you see in People Magazine. My dad has developed greatly in his business, when he began he was the guy outside the lower class apartment complex mowing the sidewalk grass, and now you can find him at the homes of entertainers such as Edward Roski, Barbra Streisand, Kenny G, and Julia Roberts.
It has been an honor and real experience watching my dad grow with his company. I believe he has taught me something not many people can clearly provide; an example of how hard work, dedication, and a faith in Christ can take you anywhere you want to go. Because of my dad, a perfect picture has been painted in my life and now I know what it takes to achieve my goals.
I mentioned earlier that dad’s quality I most admire is his generosity. From an early age I remember my dad helping out as much as he could in all areas of
family and community life. My dad was an athlete, he coached me in all sports up until I was about ten. At that point he retired from being the coach and took on the responsibility of President of our local baseball little league, Torrance American Baseball. That’s when he changed forever how a baseball league is run.
For example on opening day my dad hired the original dodger stadium peanut tosser and salesman, Paul Stevens, to toss bags of peanuts to the wide variety of attendees that day. Many fathers snatched a bag and shed a tear because of the scene in their head, when they were kids with their dads at dodger games grabbing a bag of peanuts. Needles to say, people still to this day talk about the three wonderful years my dad was president.  
My dad’s generosity never stopped there though, there are constantly people staying at our house in Los Angeles. On any given day its normal to expect at least one other person, I typically don’t know, staying a my house. With the house my dad built, he provides a place for people a place to stay. My dad never charges anyone to stay with us and he makes dinner that night, for the appropriate amount of people. Not many people can do that.
My dad, Gregory Robert Simms, is my father and best friend. He has shown, provided, and explained to me what it takes to live a healthy, godly lifestyle. He is someone who touches new lives everyday with his joyful spirit. People don’t just forget about a person like my dad, they remember him, everyone from the “homies” who work at the grungy rock yard to the stars of Beverly Hills. My dad has not only made an impact on my life, he makes an impact on everyone he meets. Finally, as a best friend, I get to still learn “whats new” from him everyday.

Evaluation of Joe Galbraith's Commemorative Speech

Joe did a fantastic job in his commemorative speech. He really utilized sensory imagery. He described Montana in a way that made me want to immediately get out of my chair and start driving. But, the speech was about his father. It was a touching speech, he developed his dads life story well. He described his relationship to his father form birth and described all the activities they did together. As far as his delivery, he could have made a little more eye contact, but it's easy to listen to someone like Joe, I think his height is a huge benefit to him. His height immediately grabs the attention of listening. It was a fantastic speech.

Review of "Should Violent Video Games be Illegal" Debate. EC.

It was an excellent debate. I think both sides did a great job, Andy and Gui definitely had the more challenging side to argue for, "yes, violent video games should illegal". My one issue with the debate was that, Andy and Gui took that general debate and narrowed it down to "violent video games being illegal if your under 18". Although the debate developed well, I believe they could have created a broader spectrum for themselves. James and Nicholay are challenging debaters to face though, they are both very talented. I think the result of the debate was correct, but like I said, it was a well thought out, entertaining debate.

Major Speech Debate & Bibliography


Pro Abortion Debate

I.               Introduction
a.     Abortion should remain the way it is.
II.             Respond to what previous speakers have said
III.           A fetus is not a human being. Abortion is terminating a pregnancy, not a baby. Personhood at conception is not a proven biological fact. Personhood begins at birth. (abortion.procon.org)
a.     Fetuses are uniquely different from born human beings in major ways, which casts doubt on the claim that they can be classified as human beings. The most fundamental difference is that a fetus is totally dependent on a woman's body to survive.
b.     The crucial difference is that they are not dependent on one, specific person to the exclusion of all others. Anybody can take care of a newborn infant, but only that pregnant woman can nurture her fetus. She can’t hire someone else to do it.   (abortionaccess.info)
IV.            Financial Issues.
a.     A Sep. 2005 survey in the peer-reviewed journal Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health asking women why they had an abortion found that 73% of participants said they could not afford to have a baby, and 38% claimed giving birth would interfere with their education and career goals. Reproductive choice helps prevent women from experiencing financial harm. (womenissues.about.com)
b.     What if a family can not afford to have a baby? Should the family or mother suffer a lifetime because she/ they can barely afford to live life as is? We must look out for people who are already living, not just the ones who will be living.
c.      President Barack Obama said in a Mar. 29, 2008 campaign speech in Johnston, Pennsylvania, "I have two daughters... I'm going to teach them first about values and morals, but if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby."
V.              Conclusion
a. due to rape, financial issues, health, etc. Abortion should remain legal and the way it is.

 Work Cited

Arthur, Joyce. "Personhood: Is a Fetus a Human Being?" Abortion Access and Information. Aug. 2001. Web. 15 Feb. 2012. <http://www.abortionaccess.info/fetusperson.htm>.

Dailard, Cynthia. "Abortion in Context: United States and Worldwide." Guttmacher Institute: Home Page. Web. 15 Feb. 2012. <http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/ib_0599.html>.

Lowen, Linda. "Why Women Choose Abortion - Reasons Why Women Have an Abortion." Women's Issues - All About Women's Issues. About.com. Web. 15 Feb. 2012. <http://womensissues.about.com/od/reproductiverights/a/AbortionReasons.htm>.

"Should Abortion Be Legal?" Abortion ProCon.org. Procon.org, 31 Jan. 2012. Web. 15 Feb. 2012. <http://abortion.procon.org/>.

"Why Is Abortion-on-demand Legal in America? • ChristianAnswers.Net." Christian Answers Network [Home] • Multilingual Answers, Reviews, Ministry Resources, and More! • ChristianAnswers.Net. Christian Answers Network. Web. 15 Feb. 2012. <http://www.christiananswers.net/q-sum/q-life002.html>.

"National Abortion Federation: History of Abortion." National Abortion Federation (NAF). National Abortion Federation. Web. 15 Feb. 2012. <http://www.prochoice.org/about_abortion/history_abortion.html>.

Speech To Entertain Outline


Intro:            Disneyland (happiest place on earth)
             Hollywood (celebrities)
Beach (surfing, men/women)
 
How to Vacation when in Los Angeles:

Lets go to Disneyland!

A couple things to know!

Do you know why Cinderella got kicked off t he soccer team? ...............Because apparently she kept running from the ball! No real surprise though, that’s what happens when you have a pumpkin for a coach.

Bring money!
If you want to go to Disneyland, definitely get the Clam Chowder at the little shop right outside of Pirates and Caribbean ride….its the only place you wont have to pay the price of a small child for bread bowl of soup.

DL+money= not happiest place on earth, especially while on a date.
           
Finally,
Disneyland can turn the manliest of men into a boy again.
It also makes a great photo for a “Roadtrip to LA” photo album on FB
(Trevor Photo)

Welcome To Hollywood

Hollywood Blvd.- Stars Sidewalk
            Beautiful until you look around you. And BAM
            (Picture of bum)
            It’s a common site around those parts.
Star Maps
What people don’t know is that the stars live on acres. So you get a map to their house, and the only thing you can see is grass.

Real Place to see Celebrities: Farmers Market-
You can see everyone from Bruno Mars, to Jennifer Aniston, to Taylor Swift there.
            It’s the hip place to be and hang out, plus the food is amazing.






Welcome To The Beaches

3 Beaches- Venice, Santa Monica, and Malibu

Venice
            Ghetto by the Sea
            My personal favorite, because anything can go. Little rules. Very bizarre
                        You can find countless ways to get marijuana legally
                        Its almost ok for a bum to be peeing in the street
                        AND
                        Paddle Tennis- Entertainment- Anyone can play

Santa Monica
            Beach staple of Los Angeles
            If you want to see young good looking people- place to go
                        Brink
            Food is always the best in Santa Monica
                        Bay City Sandwiches
            The ultimate range of ghetto, and success

Finally,

Malibu
            The ultimate place to see Dennis Quade and his wife….

The Gem of it all. The most beautiful, the cleanest people, at some beaches in Malibu, they actually require a key to gate, which you have to pass to get down to the water.

BUT….
            There is nothing close to you. If you want a sandwhich, you have a 25 minutes drive ahead of you to the nearest food source.

Unless your Barbra Streisand, who owns a whole peninsula.

If you could make the drive to get food, I would stop at Googies>
            A Fantastic American bistro located right in the heart of downtown Malibu

You can often see A List Actors/Actresses in there.

Study Guide Exam 2, my portion!


STUDY GUIDE-JONNY

Define and be able to recognize examples of metaphor, simile, antithesis, parallelism, repetition and alliteration. Look here for the technical definitions of each figure: American Rhetoric site, Rhetorical Figures in Sound. List of Figures of Speeches with definitions and examples

1.     Metaphor: Figure of explication occurring when a comparison made by speaking of one thing in terms of another; an implied comparison between two different things which share at least one attribute in common
2.     Simile: two things that share at least one attribute are explicitly associated with each other usually with the words “like” or “as”
3.     Antithesis: a contrasting of opposing ideas in adjacent phrases, clauses, or sentences.
Ex: "Serenity now; insanity later."
4.     Parallelism: a similarity in the syntactical structure of a set of words in successive phrases, clauses, sentences; successive words, phrases, clauses with the same or very similar grammatical structure
Ex: Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty."
5.     Repetition: you should know this…
6.     Alliteration: Figure of emphasis that occurs through the repetition of initial consonant letters
Ex: the grainy green grass was one of a kind.

Be able to recognize examples of the following figures of speech from the American Rhetoric site, Rhetorical Figures in Sound. You do not need to define the terms (on the exam), but you do need to match the term with the example. I will give you a quote (some taken from the links below illustrating each figure), you will match the correct name for these figures of speech with the quote in a multiple choice question. Know these from the website: Here are examples of all figures of speech and their definitions: List of Figures of Speeches with definitions and exampleshttp://www.americanrhetoric.com/rhetoricaldevicesinsound.htm
alliteration
·       Climax: words or phrases or sentences are arranged in order of increasing intensity or importance
·       "And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a merry Christmas, and God bless all of you, all of you on the good earth."
·       Hyperbole: eliberate exaggeration of a person, thing, quality, event to emphasize a point external to the object of exaggeration; intentional exaggeration for rhetorical effect.
·       "The Pharisees, therefore, said among themselves, 'Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing; behold the world has gone after him."
·       Metaphor: "Why this country is a shining city on a hill."
·       Allusion: Figure of explication using a brief or casual reference to a famous person, historical event, place, or work of art.
·       "And I can pledge our nation to a goal: When we see that wounded traveler on the road to Jericho, we will not pass to the other side."
·       Assonance: different words with the same or similar vowel sounds occur successively in words with different consonants
·       "The gloves didn't fit. If it doesn't fit, you must acquit."
·       Oxymoron: binds together TWO words that are ordinarily contradictory
·       Safe sex
·       Simile: "Henry was 18 when we met and I was queen of France. He came down from the north to Paris with a mind like Aristotle's and a form like mortal sin. We shattered the commandments on the spot."
·       Analogy: A kind of extended metaphor or long simile in which an explicit comparison is made between two things (events, ideas, people, etc.) for the purpose of furthering a line of reasoning or drawing an inference; a form of reasoning employing comparative or parallel cases.
·       "Remember this, ladies and gentlemen. It's an old phrase, basically anonymous -- that politicians are a lot like diapers: They should be changed frequently and for the same reason. Keep that in mind next time you vote. Good night."
·       Antithesis: "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today!"
Parallelism:
"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty."
·        
·       Rhetorical Question: asks a question, not for the purpose of further discussion, but to assert or deny an answer implicitly
·       Can anyone look at the record of this Administration and say, "Well done"?
·       Anaphora: repetition that occurs when the first word or set of words in one sentence, clause, or phrase is/are repeated at or very near the beginning of successive sentences, clauses, or phrases
·       "That my heart has been troubled, that I have not sought this nomination, that I could not seek it in good conscience, that I would not seek it in honest self-appraisal, is not to say that I value it the less. Rather, it is that I revere the office of the Presidency of the United States."
·       Personification: the application of human attributes or abilities to nonhuman entities.
·       "Once again, the heart of America is heavy. The spirit of America weeps for a tragedy that denies the very meaning of our land."

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Study Guide 1, my questions and answers


1.       What are the five Cannons of Rhetoric? 
2. What does the word Cannon mean? 
3. The brain is divided into a left and right side. Which side is the source of creativity? 
4. What is the difference between style and delivery? 
5. What are four types of organizational patterns mentioned in class to arrange or organize your ideas in a speech? 
6. Of the five Cannons, which one does not seems as necessary in modern world? 
7. Style concerns degrees of formality. How do you know how formal you should be when composing a speech?

2.       List and define the three classical proofs. 
2. How does a speaker develop or use each of the proofs? Give examples how how a speaker might develop each of the three. 
3. Who developed the Classical Proofs and in what book did they first appear? 
4. An argument basically has two parts. The first part is the claim that is being proposed. What is the other necessary part that makes the claim into an argument?





Study Guide Answers 11-20

11.  Invention. Arrangement. Style. Memory. Delivery.
12. accepted, chosen as the best
13. Right side, left side is more logic
14. Style is more non verbal. Delivery is more verbal
15. Introduction, Thesis, Body/Support, Conclusion.
16.  Invention because its common sense to find the available means of persuasion
17. It depends on the demographic, location, time, day.  Know your audience and adapt with them.
18. LOGOS-  Source of the persuasion for logos is in the speech
            Good Reason and Evidence
       ETHOS- Source of persuasion for the ethos is in the speaker.
            Credibility, trustworthy, considerate
       PATHOS- source of persuasion for pathos comes from the audience.
            Emotion, passion, shared feelings.

19.
20. Aristotle- The Rhetoric