Read the following assignment two or three times before beginning to craft your essay. Then, jot down your ideas. Order them so that they flow from one point to another in a way that will make it easy for the reader to follow. Next, flesh out the ideas with exact wordings that will make them vivid and exciting for the reader. Write out the first draft. Read it aloud.
Have you said what you wanted to say as honestly, clearly and dynamically as you can? Make changes! Then, read your essay for grammatical usage. Now you are ready to type out the final copy.
Assignment Grounding
All of us consciously and unconsciously act out who we are at any given moment. We perform our identities for others to see, and are usually responded to according to those “performances.” In some ways, we are all “actors” in our lives. We signal who we are through our bodies (the way we walk, stand, sit), our attitudes, our vocabularies, our voices, our clothes, etc. At times we are relatively unconscious of our presentation of self; at other times, we can be excruciatingly conscious. There are times when we’ve been in situations where we are painfully conscious of our portrayal of who we are. Think of those times you’ve applied for a job–or have asked for money from a parent–or what about the first meeting with someone special? At times like these, we are often acutely aware of the role we are playing and the “mask” we are wearing for that role. The identity we are attempting to create unconsciously or consciously can be called our persona. Persona simply refers to the kind of person an individual is perceived as being at a given moment. It is based on all verbal and nonverbal behaviors as they are seen by someone else.
As adolescence teaches many individuals, it is possible to act out a variety of identities: one for the parent, one for the clergy, one for the best friend, one for the boy/girl friend, one for the ex- boy/girl friend… and on it goes at that age. You may remember yourself and the variety of “yous” you acted out in a number of different performances with different “audiences.” When we are acting our behaviors so that others looking and listening to us see us as having a certain sort of persona, we call that embodiment. In other words, to be successful with the presentation of self, we must embody those characteristics associated with the desired outcome.
First significant question of the essay: What persona (identity) do you wish to create as a public speaker?
Second significant question of the essay: What behaviors will you need to perform in order to be recognized as the person you want to be seen as for this class?
How the essay fits into a “speech class:”
This essay is a chance for you to explore how you want to be perceived in this course during this term. It offers you the opportunity to think about and select the kind of person you want to be seen as a public speaker. It asks you to consider some rather serious questions: What kind of public identity do you want to project throughout the semester? What elements of character and personality do you want to be recognized as having? What kind of public person do you want to be known as? In terms of a public speaker, how do you want to be seen? Because you will be making a number of public presentations before the class throughout the term, you have an opportunity to create and perform an identity. We will come to know you through your presentations in here. In other words, you have the chance to present (or perform) yourself as you wish us to see you.
SUMMARY:
I. The essay is to be 2-4 pages in length. It must be typewritten and double-spaced.
II. The essay has two major questions:
A. What persona do you wish to create as a public speaker throughout the term?
B. What behaviors will you embody and perform to achieve that persona?
III. The essay should be a thoughtful, honest and well written piece which engages your reader.
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