English 1A & 1B Exam Study Guide Flashcards

TED Talk Unit

What is a TED Talk?

• A type of speech given at a TED conference (a nonprofit organization).

TED Talk Motto

• "Ideas Worth Spreading"

What does TED stand for?

• Technology, Entertainment, and Design

Characteristics of a TED Talk

• 3-18 minutes in length.

• No podium (speaker stands or walks freely).

• Wireless microphone.

• Visual slides (not PowerPoint presentations).

• Memorized speeches.

• Delivered to a live audience; sometimes recorded and posted online.

Rhetorical Appeals Used in Speeches

• Ethos (Credibility)

• Logos (Logic)

• Pathos (Emotion)

Body Language in a Well-Delivered Speech

• Confidence

• Eye contact

• Movement, not stiffness

• Appropriate and relevant gestures

• Loud, clear, strong voice

Shape of a Good Speech (According to Nancy Duarte)

• What is

• What could be

First Person Narration Advantages

• Personal experience

To Kill a Mockingbird

Significant Quotations

• "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."

  • Theme: Innocents; harming the innocent is wrong.

• "If there's just one kind of folks, why can't they get along with each other? If they're all alike, why do they go out of their way to despise each other? Scout, I think I'm beginning to understand something. I think I'm beginning to understand why Boo Radley's stayed shut up in the house all this time. It's because he wants to stay inside."

  • Theme: Inequality, understanding differences.

• "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."

  • Theme: Empathy, observation, and growth over time.

• Passage about the boy, man, and children through the seasons:

  • Theme: Change.

• "Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough."

Possible Essay Prompts

• Explain why "it's a sin to kill a mockingbird". How is this idea evident in our society today? Can you think of someone who is a "mockingbird"? Explain why they can be considered a mockingbird. What does this symbolize? How is it still relevant today? Who in real life/in the novel is a mockingbird?

  • Examples: Tom Robinson, Boo Radley.

• Scout: "…an' Atticus, when they finally saw him, why he hadn't done any of those things… Atticus, he was real nice…" Atticus: "Most people are Scout, when you finally see them." How does this conversation represent the primary theme of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird?

  • Theme: Empathy and understanding. How does this idea reflect the message of the book?

Twelve Angry Men

• What is the case about?

  • A young man is accused of murdering his father.

• What juror stood alone with a "not guilty" verdict?

  • Juror 8.

• Describe Juror 3's character.

  • Angry, stubborn, has problems with his son.

• What does "reasonable doubt" mean?

  • A reason to doubt.

• What does a unanimous verdict mean?

  • All twelve men must agree on the verdict, guilt or not guilt.

• Why might this be called Twelve Angry Men?

  • Because all of the men are arguing whether he is guilty or not.

Evidence in the Jury Room

• The switchblade knife:

  • Juror 8 shows doubt by showing a switchblade he bought himself.

  • This casts doubt on the uniqueness of the murder weapon.

• The old man's testimony:

  • The old man claims he heard the murder and saw the boy running.

  • Juror 8 questions his ability to hear and see this, considering the layout of his apartment.

• The woman across the street's testimony:

  • She claimed to witness the murder through the windows of a passing train.

  • Juror 8 argues it would be hard to see that in such a short amount of time.

• The defendant's height and the stabbing angle:

  • The defendant's height is close to his father's, which questions whether he could have stabbed him at that angle.