This assignment is designed to give you the chance to practice your skills in oral documentation of sources before you have to use the skills in a major speech.

For this assignment, you will need to read two short articles in a magazine or newspaper (The articles may be related to your upcoming speech topic, or they may be completely unrelated.). You will be asked to give a 2-3 minute summary of the most important ideas from the articles, giving the source of the information and using proper documentation format.  (You will need to bring a photocopy of the articles to turn in.)  You may also give your opinion on the subject.

q     Try to have a more creative introduction than “My articles were. . . ,” but be careful that the introduction doesn’t eat up too much of your time.

q     You must give the full documentation (author, title, magazine, date) for each article.  Preferably, this will be done early in the speech.

q     The speech should clearly include one direct quotation from one article.  The speech should also document all information and ideas that come directly from the articles.

q     Try to use variety in documenting the information.  Don’t fall into the pattern of saying, “The article said . . .” or “According to the article. . .” over and over.