Chapter Presentations

You will be required to give one chapter section presentation during the semester. This is a semi-formal, three to five minute presentation to address specific aspects about your section of the assigned chapter concept. These are areas you need to address.

	Definition of the concept, theory, or persuasive strategy (this will be a simple presentation and explanation from the book)
	Examination of the concept, etc. within the context of Aristotle's Rhetoric or the Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM)
	Application of the concept, etc. to a real world example. (Not just the book examples)
	Delivery (Both verbal and nonverbal)
	Questions

CHAPTER 3 PRESENTATIONS

Aristotle's Rhetoric: (3 Speakers) Be prepared to explain the book examples and explain how these terms can be used for the midterm project. What type of audience might find these aspects persuasive? How can a person build a speech around one or more of these aspects?

	Ethos: Define and apply the aspects.
	Pathos: Define and apply the aspects.
	Metaphor: Define and apply the aspects.

Fisher's Narrative: (2 Speakers) Be prepared to explain the book examples and explain how these terms can be used for the midterm project. What type of audience might find these aspects persuasive? How can a person build a speech around one or more of these aspects?

	"Rational World Paradigm" Define, is this Ethos, Pathos, or Logos, and which aspect of ELM? "Narrative Paradigm," Define and explain what Fisher was trying to accomplish
	"Coherence," and "Fidelity." How are these terms connected to create a complete argument?

Chapter 4 PRESENTATIONS

There are 7 separate message effect positions in this section. Following are the separate sections, text pages, and what issues I want answered. I will assign 7 people--1 for each section.

	Variable Analytic Approach (77-78) Focus on the similarity to the SMCR model from Chapter 1.
	Source Effects (78) Explain the following: which approach, central or peripheral, did you use when thinking about the Professor Ward Churchill example.
	Sleeper Effect (79) Discuss the ELM link (bottom of 79, first column) and what is the importance to us as speakers?
	Primacy-Recency (81) Discuss the ELM link
	Message bias (81-82) ELM and implications for speech organization.
	Biased information processing (82) HSM
	Inoculation AND Mood/Affect (82-83) Speech organization with Inoculation theory. ELM with Mood theory.

Chapter 5 PRESENTATIONS

Langer's Approach. There will be two Speakers: (103-104)

	Signification (104) Definition of and "Denotation," and "Connotation." Which routes of ELM would be used for each aspect of signification?
	"Discursive," and "Presentational." Discuss box 5.2 (top of page 104) and think of your own personal example and how it has influenced you.

General Semantics. There will be two speakers: (104-107)

	"Maps," "Territories," and the general history of what "Semanticists" were trying to do. Think about what aspect of the SMCR model this most closely resembles.
	The five bold terms from pages 106-107: "Signal Response," "Extensional Devices," "Indexing," Dating," "Etcetera," and Quotation Marks."