Hey guys,
For Mod B; we're doing speeches & I was just wondering if it's okay to have a paragraph per speech prepared just in case a specific speech is chosen.
What I mean is, if the HSC q asks to focus on one particular speech; is it okay to back it up w/ other speeches & not have more than one paragraph discussing the chosen speech?
Hi...
I am studying the speeches as well
As you've already said, it definitely is a good idea to prepare a paragraph for each speech in case the exam calls on a specific one. It is also definitely okay to only have one paragraph for a speech (in fact, my teacher actually encourages this), but it would depend on how you structure your essay.
If your essay is structured somewhat like:
Intro
Speech 1
Speech 2
Conclusion
then yes, you would only need one paragraph if they called upon a specific speech.
But, if your essay is integrated like this:
Into
Idea A - speech 1, speech 2
Idea B - speech 1, speech 2
Conclusion
then you need to include the speech twice.
Also, we've seen in the past two years, when they have specifically called on a speech, they have also asked for at least 1 other of our own choosing. So the markers don't want to see how well you know just one of the speeches (that wouldn't be very critical, hey!), but how you can compare and contrast the contexts, values and ideas of each. So it's pretty safe to say that 1 paragraph/speech is adequate preparation
Hope this helps!