Artifact: Speech (Public Speaking)

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Understandings for PSA (to address in Reflection)
These are the understanding for this unit. You want to address how your work reflects
your growth toward these understandings.
Creating an academically honest product takes work from the very beginning.
Not all sources are reliable
Effective research requires multiple approaches from multiple angles
Effective deductive research has a specific target (trying to answer a questions,
solve a problem, assert a position)
Specific research creates more meaningful products (narrowing the focusasking
specific questions to guide the research)
Persuasive texts consists of structuring information into a focused argument/message.

Writers use different registers of language (casual, personal, academic) depending on
their purpose and audience
Knows for PSA (Persuasion)
These are things you should know in this unit. They may be helpful to you as you
address your growth toward understandings.
Know that plagiarism means using the words, ideas or organization of other writers
without giving them credit.
Know how to synthesize research and create something new using your own voice.
Know how to blend text and images to create a persuasive message.
Know the difference between explanation and argument
Know what evidence is and how to use it in the PSA.
Know ethos, pathos, logos.
Know the building blocks of persuasion.