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Paper Instructions:

Communication is used to inform, to persuade and to analyze. In this assignment, you will write a speech that provides your audience information about a topic.

There are two (2) parts to be submitted in this assignment.  Your presentation should be submitted as follows:
•A Power Point presentation file that is like a visual outline, with bullet points and maybe images. This is what you would show your audience.
•A Word document containing the wording of the speech.  This is what you would say to your audience while you are showing them the Power Point presentation. 

You may add audio to your PowerPoint if you wish, but the script (Word doc) will still be required.  This allows us to process all assignments in Turnitin. 

Your speech should be between 1000 - 1250 words. It's important to stay within that range.  Good writers learn to adapt to size requirements of the writing they are asked to do.  You can use the word count of both files to calculate the total word count.

Your speech should include an introduction which identifies your main point, a body in which you provide support for your main point, and a conclusion that wraps up your presentation and says something about the significance of what you’ve presented, just as you would do in a paper.  The templates attached here give you good ideas of how the presentation and the speech script should look.

Be sure to look at the grading rubric for the assignment. There are specific limits on the amount of text on the slides. This is to help ensure that the font size stays big enough to be easily read.  You also need to provide a reference list as the last slide in your Power Point.
•PURPOSE:  To inform
•LENGTH:  1,000 -1250 words
•AUDIENCE:  A general audience of people interested in the topic, peers in the classroom
•SOURCES:  Total of 3, with 1-2 from the Library and 1-2 from discipline specific websites 
(The Unofficial Guide to Buying a Home Author:  Alan Perlis, Beth Bradley Date:  2004)

•FORMAT:  The citation style that is appropriate for your discipline and is appropriate for a speech
•DUE:  In ASSIGNMENTS by SUNDAY 11:55 pm EST of Week 3
•SUBMIT:  Submit your speech by uploading your Power Point file AND Word file to the Assignments tab.


WARNING:Remember that all work submitted is to be your own original work except where properly acknowledged and cited. Do not reuse work, papers, or speeches from previous (or concurrent) classes as this violates APUS academic integrity policies. (Make sure to note the section on self-plagiarism.) 


DISCLAIMER: Remember, originality of attachments will be verified by Turnitin. Both you and your instructor will receive the results.

Direct quotes should not exceed 15%-20% of your paper.  Anything more than this amount will receive a deduction.

Note:

Any papers with plagiarized materials will be turned in to Academics. Then the student will receive a note that a notice will be placed into their academic file. Should the student avoid a similar error throughout his/her college career, the note goes away upon graduation.