Part A Choosing a Topic

To begin preparing a presentation, start by considering the topic. For this activity, you will select any topic connected to this unit and create a

persuasive e presentation. For example, you could choose a topic about postmodern literature or Beat poetry, such as these examples:

• Motif became one of the most important elements of postmodern narratives, such as In John Updike's "The Brown Chest."

• Beat poetry emerged from the need to amend social injustices in society.

You can select any topic connected to the unit. Make sure to pick a topic that you find Interesting and wish to learn more about. Choose a position

on the topic. Your presentation should persuade your audience about your viewpoint.

As you select your topic, consider two important aspects of any public speaking opportunity: purpose and audience. Make sure you have a firm

understanding o

Read the excerpt from ernest hemingway’s “soldier's home.” his father was in the real estate business and always wanted the car to be at his command when he required it to take clients out into the country to show them a piece of farm property. the car always stood outside the first national bank building where his father had an office on the second floor. now, after the war, it was still the same car. nothing was changed in the town except that the young girls had grown up. how does hemingway’s description of the town as unchanged impact the readers’ perception of krebs? it emphasizes that while the town has remained the same, krebs has changed. it illustrates that krebs despises the town he grew up in because it is boring. it demonstrates that krebs views himself as similar to the other soldiers from his town. it reveals that krebs is jealous of those who were able to stay in town and avoid the war.