1、应用文写作M2U5 Reading for Writing : A speech Unit 5 Music to extract the structure of the speech; to analyze and clarify the function of different writing techniques(rhetorical devices and cohesive devices); to write a superb speech on music.Virtual choir A virtual choir is a group of people singing alo
2、ne but connected together through the Internet.What is the purpose of this song? To connect people who are isolated at home together with music. To convey the message that if we stay together then we will stay stronger.How do you feel ?It sounds inspiring.It gives me energy.What kind of writing type
3、 is this passage?A speechIntroduce herself + Give the topicWrite about her experience with musicWrite about how music made her feelRelate her experience to the audienceClose the speechIntroductionBodyClosingHow did music help Sarah during her difficult time?She had a serious _.Her body _all the time
4、.Listened to some music in a _.Music helped her _.diseaseachedtreatmentrecover(feel a strong pain)(sth. that is done to cure an illness or injury)Rhetorical devices ( (修辞格）修辞格）metaphorpersonificationquoterepetitionrhetorical questionsimile( (明喻明喻) )( (暗喻暗喻) )( (拟人拟人) )( (重复重复) )( (设设/ /反问反问) )( (引用引
5、用) ) A. Have you ever faced a time when things looked dark and you had no hope at all ? B. John A. Logan said, “ Music is the medicine of the mind.” C. Music gave me.Music gave me.Moreover, music gave me. D. It made my spirits fly like a kite in the wind. E. It was the rock I leant on to become stro
6、ng and to get through those hard times. F. It became my best friend. metaphorpersonificationquoterepetitionrhetorical questionsimile A. Have you ever faced a time when things looked dark and you had no hope at all ? rhetorical questionFunction: to persuade or subtly influence the audience.Definition
7、: A question asked solely to produce an effect or to make an assertion and not for the answer.B. John A. Logan said, “ Music is the medicine of the mind.”quoteFunction: to provide support for the authors claim and add depth to writing.Definition: Putting other persons words or sentences in your writ
8、ingC. Music gave me.Music gave me.Moreover, music gave me. repetitionFunction: to place emphasis on things they choose as significant.Definition: Repeating a word or phrase two or more times. D. It made my spirits fly like a kite in the wind.simileFunction: to enable the reader to imagine in his/her
9、 mind what the writer is saying. Definition: Making a comparison and showing the similarities between two different things with the help of the words “like” or “as”.E. It was the rock I leant on to become strong and to get through those hard times. metaphorFunction: to give readers a picture in thei
10、r minds of what is being discussed and make the writing more interesting.Definition: Making an implied comparison between two unlike things that actually have something in common.F. It became my best friend. personificationFunction: to express a point or idea in a more colorful, imaginative way.Defi
11、nition: Attributing human characteristics to an abstract quality, animal, or inanimate object.1. Music is as important as _. 2. Music is a kind of art _ basis of beauty.3. Music is a very important friend who _ me walking slowly until now.4.“Music acts like a magic _, to which the most tightly close
12、d heart opens.” Maria Augustametaphorpersonificationquotesimileairbuilding onaccompanieskey Complete the following sentences related to music, and find out what kind of rhetorical device is used in each sentence.“Music is the medicine of the mind.”Why does the author choose this quote in her speech?
13、 To make the speech coherent (disease, cure, ache, medical treatment . )“Music acts like a magic key.”How to make your speech coherent?Linking wordsTo make it clear (a clear structure)To make it convincing and impressive (rhetorical devices)To make it coherent (cohesive devices)How to make a superb
14、speech?3C principle Use what you have learnt to write a speech on music Include an introduction, your experience with music and its impact and a closing part. Use at least two rhetorical devices and some cohesive devices. About 100 words. Use the checklist to revise the draftItemsContentsYes NoClear
15、Does it include the introduction part and closing part? ConvincingDoes the writer explain how this thing has changed his /her life? Are some of the rhetorical devices included and used properly? CoherentAre some of the cohesive devices included and used properly? Homework1. Read the passage again and go over the basic writing steps to write a speech.2. Revise and polish your speech according to the 3C principle.3. Deliver the speech to your friends.Music is the medicine of mind. John A. Logan Music is the universal language of mankind. Henry Wadsworth LongfellowThanks for watching！
