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STEP FOUR: ISU Presentation Guidelines
DUE: Presentation Days TASK: Your job is to present an argument about why people in the class should consider reading your
novel. Use evidence from the novel (i.e. an exciting passage, interesting characters, narrative
techniques) that you feel is engaging, to convince your audience that your novel is the novel to read).
You will be asked to complete presentation planner. Length - 5 – 7 minutes.
YOU ARE THE RHETORICIAN
Rhetoric: the art or discipline that deals with the use of discourse, either spoken or written, to inform or persuade or motivate an audience,
whether that audience is made up of one person or a group of persons.
Your objective
Persuade your audience to read your novel
Use one media product
DO NOT simply summarize the plot – treat the plot like a movie trailer - highlights only, without revealing the
ending. Include a creative way to promote and/or discuss your novel. You may check with your teacher to see if
your idea is appropriate.
No power point presentations or YouTube videos!
Product Ideas: Must be ORIGINAL
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Commercial
Infomercial
Pamphlet
Print ad
Collage
Photo essay
Model/sculpture
Interview
Diary
Comic strip
Mobile
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Sales talk
Miniature stage setting
Diorama (3-D scene)
Poster
Original song/poetry
Travel brochure
Yearbook
Design illustrations
Radio drama
Relief map
Scale drawings of room
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Reporting “live” from a
scene
Postcards
Graffiti
Time line
Flow chart
Action wheel
THE MEDIA PRODUCT should be used as a device to enhance your speech. Refer to it effortlessly as
part of the presentation. It does not replace the speech, but works in conjunction with it. Use the
product as a tool of persuasion and NOT an after-thought. The product must be an original creation
that connects to a literary device, style, or story element, imagery, or figures of speech.
The Three Modes of Persuasion
1. By the appeal to their reason: LOGOS
2. By the appeal to their emotions: PATHOS
3. By the appeal of our personality or character: ETHOS
Presentation Plan
(PRINT TWO COPIES)
Novel Title: _______________________________
Media Product: ___________________________
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Name:_______________________________________
Author: _____________________________________
Two quotations (page numbers): ______________
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ATTACH the TWO quotations from the novel
Stages of the Presentation
Details - what will you do for each stage?
Approximate
Time
Introduction (captures
attention – i.e. interactive
activity, read a passage,
show a video clip, play a
short part of a song etc.)
Brief Summary of Plot
(try to memorize this and
present it in a dramatic
way)
Selling Point #1
How you will present it
Selling point #2
How you will present it
Selling point #3
How you will present it
Making Connections
(self, society, other
literary works)
Conclusion
Final Thoughts
Approx. 6
minutes
ENG 3UI Presentation Self/ Peer Assessment
Name: _________________
Complete a brief written assessment for each of the presentations
Presenter’s name
Novel Title
One main strength
One main area for
improvement
Possible TOP 5
Presentations
List the TOP 5 presentations based on the combination of their knowledge of content AND their
persuasive approach.
1. ______________ 2. _________________ 3. _________________ 4. __________________
5. ____________________