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WE touch conclusion on speech writing as done last week. We stated that you know your audience when you write your speech. It is very important to get the profile of an audience right before you write your speech.
This will influence the kind of language you use, your tone, the kind of humour you use and whether or not the speech should be political.
Defining the purpose of your speech influences the way you structured and help further outline what points you wish to make. It would also help to create an outline of your key points to see that you are prepared for what is to come.
It is important to deliver your point effectively while keeping your audience’s interest. The best way to do this is to allocate a certain structure to your speech. Write for the ear, not just the page. Ensure that your language and tone are pleasant and easily comprehensive to the audience.
You are advised to avoid using coarse and abrasive language that could potentially turn against you. Employ methods such as alliteration and imagery to paint a vivid mental picture for the audience and keep them engaged.
What is a summary? Summary writing in the easiest definition means shortening a long passage. This means writing a longer passage in a few words. You use fewer words without changing the original words. That is the requirement of our syllabus. This differs from a precis where you are asked to shorten the original text but using your own words.
The complicated definition of summary reads as follows: A summary is a concise distillation of a large body of work that briefly but thoroughly encapsulate its main ideas and essential points. It is designed to give the reader a clean understanding of the original project without needing to read it in full.”
In the syllabus we use you are not encouraged to use your own words. There is a different between another syllabus. In practice read and take notes. Start with an introducing sentence and explain the main points. Organise your summary to ensure a smooth flow.
Your summary should be coherent and easy to read. Conclude by restating the author’s ideas. Finish your summary with a clean statement that effectively captures the author’s main argument or purpose. Keep in mind that the conclusion of a summary should not introduce her information but instead provides a sense of closure.
This will leave the reader with a comprehensive understanding of the original text. A summary’s purpose is to reinstate the original text concisely. Avoid writing about your opinion or judgement about the work and do not include elaborate interpretation.
Summary or writing a summary means giving a concise overview of a text’s main points. Read the text. Read the original work thoroughly possibly multiple times to ensure you understand the main ideas. They are listed as: Read the text, break it down into sections, identify the key points in each section and write the summary and check the summary against the article.
Write an introducing sentence. Start with an introducing sentence that includes the title and writer of the work where possible. Explain main points. Summarise the main points in your own words in a relevant syllabus. Ensure a smooth flow of ideas.
Remember these main points on summary writing: Read the text. Break it down into sections. Identify the key points in each section. Write the summary. Check the summary against the original passage.
In conclusion, restate the writer’s main argument to wrap up your summary. Read the passage more than once to make sure you have thoroughly understood it.
Here are the five steps you undergo on summary writing: read, breakdown, identify, write and check. Read the article more than once to make sure you thoroughly understood it.
Summarising or writing a summary, means giving a concise overview of a text’s main points. A summary is always much shorter than the original text. Ensure proper spelling, grammar and punctuation. If your summary is riddled with errors, it will not be effective.
Before we end today’s episode we can consider how you study both effectively and efficiently. create an effective and realistic study schedule. Start studying well in advance so you have plenty of time. Study the material in 20 to 50 minute blocks. Go over your assignments, textbooks and review materials. Do not procrastinate –procrastinate leads to last minute panic and burnout because your brain needs time to process information. It is important to understand the underlying concepts, which will put you in a better position to apply, analyse and evaluate important information.
Practice active learning in the classroom. Pay attention in class. Active participation and engagement during lessons can boost knowledge retention and clear up confusion. Listen with intent, ask questions when necessary and make sure you are actually absorbing content.
Treat studying like a marathon rather than a sprint – a common mistake students make in trying to cover all their studying at once. Form study group. There is power in collective effort. Group study can be incredibly fruitful, provided as remains structured and goal oriented when multiple brains converge to discuss a topic.
Students can achieve a kind of understanding that is far deeper than if they were studying alone.
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