Roksana Wala SCS 101 Professor Best October 12, 2014 Thesis/Purpose Statements for Informative Speeches What type of Informative Speech is your speech? How will you inform the audience? Speeches about people or events Write down the thesis/purpose statement for your Informative Speech. The purpose of my statement is to discuss a tragedy that occurred in 1912 of the sinking of the infamous Titanic. What are the three main points you are going to look at in your speech? -Description of the Titanic (who made it, the structure, etc.) -The crashing of the Titanic into the iceberg and why the ship sank How do these points relate to you and then to us? Why is it important to you and why should the audience care? These points relate to me because the Titanic is in fact my favorite movie and the favorite movie of others. It is important for me to inform …show more content…
My attention getter would be how an American writer by the name of Morgan Robertson wrote a book entitled, “The Wreck of the Titan.” Written 14 years before the sinking of the Titanic, Morgan’s novel seems to have foreshadowed the sinking of the titanic which is ironic and intriguing. Who are you giving credit to/citing credentials for the speech? Where are you getting your sources from? I am receiving my sources from the internet and various authors, one being Morgan Robertson and another being Rob Green. State your review of main ideas for your conclusion. My conclusion of my speech would be to inform my audience that the crash of the Titanic, although seemed to have been predicted fourteen years before it actually sank, may have been an irony but it is still an event that in conclusion was tremendous and something that will never be forgotten for it is still a mystery that is to be solved. State your power-punch below: The Titan, a ship written about fourteen years before the tragedy of the Titanic, went under the same tragedy as the Titanic. Ironic of
the tragedy of the Titanic. He cites these works, I feel, to support his own
The speech delivered by Dr. Randy Pausch is a powerful and influential public speaking, including various communication components that we should pay attention to and learn when we present our speeches. This lecture is divided into three parts: My childhood dreams, enabling the dreams of others and lessons learned. Dr. Randy Pausch told his audience what he believed and valued with his proper body languages, effective and efficient delivery and interesting and attractive visual aids. From this speech, it can be told that the speaker’s strengths and effectiveness from the lecture, which can reflect my problems as a communicator and a public speaker
Unfortunately there was very many important people on the ship. Many of the people on the titanic died in the freezing cold water.There was thre...
The RMS Titanic, known as the Ship of Dreams, collided with an iceberg and sunk in the early hours of April 15, 1912. The boat, which was the most luxurious of her time, was set to sail from Southampton, England to New York City. Out of the 2,240 passengers on the boat during her maiden voyage, approximately 1,500 survived on the 20 lifeboats available. a controversial topic that is still debated today is whether or not the disaster of the Titanic could have been avoided. There is considerable evidence to suggest that this statement is true, but to what extent is still being decided today.
The selections, “Attack at Sea” and “Into Dark Water” both gave an illustration of the drastic occurrence on ships where lives of passengers were taken away; major people to these ships were partially responsible for some of these tragic deaths because of their illogical actions. The Titanic passage described millionaire and President of White Star, Bruce Ismay and the Lusitania passage introduced the captain, William Turner and their similar contact with the ships. Both of these men were placed in similar situations but executed them in a different manner. While they may have been presented with an alike problem, they ultimately had distant intentions during their experiences on the ship.
They are haunting to hear about and I wanted to see what these real life events were like. It is important to see the significance of those In the first class compared to those in the third class with real life experiences. For example, Jack Thayer was a first class passenger who lived through the horrifying event and spoke about his time on the titanic. He was separated from his family and was with his friend. “Just before the Titanic sank, they decided to jump from the rail. Milton went first. Jack never saw him again.” Jack recorded hearing screams as the titanic when down into the cold water. Then almost all at once they stopped and dwindled. He lived on to see that his mother did in fact survive, but the same was not true for his father. He later in life committed suicide. This is just one tragic story of the records of that night. This is a good example of what will help me write the paper, not something I would probably put in my paper.
We have all heard about the Titanic. Either we have watched the romance movie or done our research in a different way. No matter where we get our information from we know the biggest parts of the tragedy. The ship Titanic crashed into an iceberg on a cold April night on the Atlantic Ocean while sailing its first trip. But haven’t you ever wanted to know more details about? Maybe how the people who were on it and survived? How could the situation be prevented? Couldn’t they have saved more people? Well in the book “A Night to Remember” it has details on the Titanic you have probably never thought of knowing. While reading the first chapter some parts really caught my attention. One was when people felt the jolt from the collision with the ice berg people didn’t suspect what tragedy was to come. A girl named Marguerite Frolicher, who was accompanying her father on a business trip, woke up with a jump since she was half asleep she was thinking about ‘little white lake ferries’ landing sloppily which made her laugh and thought to herself “Isn’t it funny…we’re landing!”. They really did...
Using distinctive diction, detailed imagery, and references to God, Thomas Hardy portrays his perspective of the sinking of “Titanic” in his poem, “The Convergence of the Twain.” Employing these poetic mechanisms, Hardy claims that the sinking of the Titanic was fate and meant to happen. The title furthermore portrays the coming together of the hemispheres as Titanic and God.
It took 3 years to build the Titanic, and it was finally finished. (Titanic Universe.) I wouldn’t think much of it at all, as I wouldn’t care because I would never have the money for it. But one day as I was gambling, instead of gaining money I got two tickets to ride on the Titanic all the way to New York.
Over the recent four months in Communication 1402 class, I have addressed three formal speechs and completed a number of chapters in the corresponding textbook “Communication Works”. This course of Communication aims to provide general information what public speaking is and how to address a public speaking. Recalling back the experience during the processes of completing the Speech to Imform, Speech to Persuade, and Group Presentation, I will draw a conclusion about this course and these three presentations in five aspects, comprising my previous perception of public speaking before this course; learning from the Speech to Inform; the goal and evaluation of Speech to Persuade; learning from the Group Presentation; the most important thing learned from this course.
“It took two hours and forty minutes for the titanic to sink, just long enough for 2,208 tragic performances to unfold, with the ships lights blazing” (Sides 2). April 1912 the white star line’s pride, the titanic, left for its voyage that would change history forever. While traveling through the Atlantic Ocean they collided with an ice berg causing fractures throughout the boat. The ice water filled the compartments causing the front of the boat to weigh down the back, separating the boat in two. Research shows that the cause of the Titanic’s sinking was due to a dramatic increase in the probability of running into an iceberg and its high speed while traveling through the North Atlantic Shipping Lanes in 1912. As a consequence of the sinking, the U.S. Coast Guard now runs the international ice patrol and monitors the ice bergs by radar and satellite. Also it is now required to carry binoculars and radio connector all times on a ship.
The Titanic was a giant of a ship one of the biggest that has ever been built at that time. No one had seen anything like it. In, fact it was the biggest man made moving object that had ever been built. The Titanic was first set in the port in Liverpool, England. “The ship was eight hundred and eighty- two feet and nine inches long. “ With over eight hundred and forty rooms on the ship the Titanic was ready to go for all classes. The Titanic was ready to set sail on its long journey from Southampton to the Big Apple in New York City, United
I have also learned about different types of audiences and speeches including persuasive, informative, entertaining and delivering special occasion speeches. It came to my attention that whenever I was making these presentations or speeches, I needed to do so with confidence, consistence and practice before the actual presentation and completely eliminate the element of panic. It was also clear that capturing the attention of the audience and engaging them in the whole process, it was necessary to have a very strong introduction and also try and use visuals to deliver the message. It was therefore vital to respect each person’s diversity and cultural values (Lucas, 2011).
Within the context of film industry, the film Titanic by James Cameron belongs to epic romance/ disaster genre. The film, released in 1997, was a global box office hit because the director provided equal importance to history, fiction and romance. To be specific, one can see that the film’s plot is based upon the history of RMS Titanic. On the other side, the main characters including the protagonist and the heroine (Jack Dawson and Rose DeWitt Bukater/Dawson) are fictional characters. Besides, the element of romance between the main characters (Jack and Rose) is the film’s main attraction. Thesis statement: The critical analysis of the film Titanic proves that the innovative mode of storytelling (flash back and other techniques), Acting, Cinematography, Editing, Sound, Style and Directing (equal importance to fictional and historical characters), Societal Impact, and Genre (epic romance/disaster) are the most important factors behind the film’s success as a historical/fictional masterpiece (special references specific shots, scenes, characters, stylistic devices and/or themes).
The Titanic is known as one of the most remarkable films of the 20th century and won Best Picture of the Year in 1998. This film was based on a real event that made headlines all across the world including in the New York Times. This tragedy was not supposed to have happened. The ship was built to be indestructible. So the event was certainly unexpected and tragic. The New York Times ran a headline stating The phrase “TITANIC SINKS” was part of the headline for the Boston Daily Globe, the London Herald, the Baltimore American, the Globe (of Toronto), and, of course, The New York Times after the historic wreck of 1912 [Here’s what the article (sans headline) looked like in The New York Times, courtesy of the Times Machine. –D.A.]” (Amlen, p.1).