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Oral Commentary Feedback

Oral Commentary Feedback. Some general tips from the Semester Exam. EASY to fix!. “Speak the Speech I Pray You…”. Brit. / prnnsen /, U.S. / prnnsie ()n/  1. a. Oratorical utterance; elocution; delivery; spec. elegant or eloquent delivery. Obs.

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Oral Commentary Feedback

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  1. Oral Commentary Feedback Some general tips from the Semester Exam

  2. EASY to fix!

  3. “Speak the Speech I Pray You…” Brit. /prnnsen/, U.S. /prnnsie()n/  1. a. Oratorical utterance; elocution; delivery; spec. elegant or eloquent delivery. Obs. ?a1439LYDGATE tr. Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) VI. 3140 Bi crafft he hadde..Fauoursynguleer in pronunciacioun..For the pronouncyng of maters in substaunce. 1553T. WILSONArte of Rhetorique III. f. 116v, Pronunciation is an apteorderinge both of the voyce, countenaunce, and all the whole bodye, accordynge to the worthines of suchewoordes and mater as by speache are declared. 1612J. BRINSLEYLudus Lit. xviii. 211 Pronuntiation, beeing that which either makes or mars the most excellent speech. 1748J. MASONEss. Elocution 8 By Pronunciation, the Antients understood both Elocution and Action; and comprehended in it the right Management of the Voice, Looks, and Gesture. b. The action of pronouncing a word or words; the way in which a word is pronounced, esp. with reference to a recognized standard.

  4. “…as I pronounce it to you, Trippingly, on the Tongue.” Failure to pronounce the words in your passage correctly: • Can cost you points under criterion D. • More importantly: undermines your authority. • Pay particular attention to author’s names, words in titles, and characters’ names. • When you are planning, if you run into words you don’t know how to pronounce, ASK ME before you start the commentary.

  5. The Numbers in Line Macbeth:Thou art too like the spirit of Banquo; down!Thy crown does sear mine eyeballs. And thy hair,Thou other gold-bound brow, is like the first.A third is like the former. Filthy hags,Why do you show me this?—A fourth? Start, eyes!What, will the line stretch out to th' crack of doom? Thou other first third fourth

  6. Use the Line Numbers • Your listener can follow you much better when you quote or refer to text if you give the actual line number. • Ex) In lines 11-12, the narrator says…. • Ex) The metaphor of the thunderstorm runs from line 7 through line 15. • Ex) Plath uses “I” at the beginning of lines and “you” at the ends, as in lines 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, and 12.

  7. Requires some Effort to Fix!

  8. What part does this passage play? Jaques:All the world's a stage,And all the men and women merely players;They have their exits and their entrances,And one man in his time plays many parts,His acts being seven ages.

  9. Contextualization You are expected to put your passage “in context.” • NOT a lengthy summary. Instead, EITHER: • Identify the place in the text where the passage occurs: • Ex) Act II, scene 1 • Ex) Opening paragraph • Ex) The beginning of the “Initiation” phase of the Hero’s Journey. OR:

  10. Contextualization • Identify the function of the passage in the text: • Ex) This is the passage in which the character’s motives shift from good to evil. • Ex) This is the passage in which the author provides a metaphor to represent his overall thesis. • Ex) This is a passage in which the function of the setting is clearly established. OR: • Both.

  11. Contextualization If the text is a poem, which does not function as part of a larger story, then: • Connect briefly, and where appropriate, to other works by the same poet, or contrast with works by the other poet we studied. • Ex) This imagery is typical of Plath, as we see when she uses it in “X” to show “Y.” • Ex) This poem is related to “Z,” in which Boland’s point is also “A.” • Ex) This theme is consistent with the themes of Plath’s other poems: “C,” “D,” and “E.”

  12. “Though This be Madness…” • Organization is scored under Criterion C. • Line-by-line organization is the least effective, least sophisticated, lowest scoring means of organizing a commentary.

  13. “…Yet There is Method In It.” Main Idea

  14. Thorough Explanations Friar Laurence. I will be brief, for my short date of breath Is not so long as is a tedious tale.

  15. Three-Part Warrant

  16. A Common Form of Incomplete Explanation

  17. A Much Better Example: from the Prologue to Romeo and Juliet Name It is what you say it is! Location Meaning! Contribution Justify THAT strategy

  18. Excellent Student Samples

  19. Sources • Pronunciation Cartoon from: http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/p/pronounciation_gifts.asp. 1/11/09. • Pronunciation Definition from the Online OED: http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50190032?single=1&query_type=word&queryword=pronunciation&first=1&max_to_show=10 1/11/09. • Line of Succession quotation from Macbeth by William Shakespeare. IV.1.112-117. http://www.enotes.com/shakespeare-quotes/crack-doom. 1/9/09. • “Speak the Speech” speech from Hamlet by William Shakespeare. III.ii.1-12. http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/play_view.php?WorkID=hamlet&Act=3&Scene=2&Scope=scene

  20. More Sources • “All the World’s a Stage” quotation from As You Like It by William Shakespeare, II.vii.139-143. http://www.enotes.com/shakespeare-quotes/all-world-s-stage. 1/9/09. • Feather image from: http://tutorialseeker.com/forum/index.php?act=Print&client=printer&f=79&t=431. 1/9/09. • “Good vs. Evil” painting from: http://anitrinity.blogspot.com/2007/04/on-good-evil-kahlil-gibran.html. 1/9/09. • Method in this Madness quotation from: Hamlet by William Shakespeare, II.ii.193-206. http://www.enotes.com/shakespeare-quotes/though-madness-yet-there-method-t. 1/9/09.

  21. Presentation Prepared By: • Carolyn P. Henly • Meadowbrook High School • 4901 Cogbill Rd. • Richmond, VA 23234 • 804-743-3683 • Carolyn_henly@ccpsnet.net • http://home.comcast.net/~cphenlymbk2006

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