Writing Homework Help

What: “We Are the Proverbs We Live By” – This speech is for you to introduce yourself by telling a brief personal story in which a lesson can be learned.

Podcasts are the new way to learn about the world around you. They can be informing, persuading, comical, or even dark, but nonetheless they allow us learn, ponder, laugh, escape reality, or even scare us to death. For this assignment, you should create a podcast based on a proverb with a lesson you learned. Your podcast may have a typical introduction (Welcome to today’s show…) and a typical ending (Thanks again for listening to…), but make sure that you still incorporate an attention-getting introduction and a wow-factor conclusion within your story line. Always keep in mind that your audience is only “listening” so your vocal delivery is key. What podcast will you create so others want to listen?

Topic: You are to incorporate a proverb into your podcast speech that helps your audience to understand the subject described. As a result of your speech, the audience should see the lesson learned in a new way. A list of possible proverbs is provided below but you should not feel obligated to use one from it and are free to use a proverb from anywhere in the world.

Length: 300-400 words

Tips:

• Consider concepts from the textbook chapters as well
• Remember to include an introduction, body and conclusion with emphasizing vocal delivery

Partial List of Proverbs:

There’s no place like home.

It is not how long, but how well we live.

You can’t have your cake and eat it too.

Beauty is skin deep.

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.

Money is a good servant, but a bad master.

No news is good news.

Don’t tread on ants.

The more the merrier.

Look before you leap.

You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.

Ignorance is bliss.

Honesty is the best policy.

You are what you eat.

Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.

Where there’s smoke there’s fire.

Good fences make good neighbors.

Rome was not built in a day.

The pen is mightier than the sword.

Actions speak louder than words.

Don’t bite off more than you can chew.

Easy come, easy go.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Out of sight, out of mind.

You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink.

A picture is worth a thousand words.

The early bird catches the worm.

You can’t judge a book by its cover.

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