Responding to “My Strangled Speech” by Dan Slater

Discuss the topic of speech problem as it is presented in “Readings for Writers” by McCuen-Metherell and Winkler.

Read:

• “Process Analysis,” including “My Strangled Speech” by Dan Slater;
• The punctuation Workshop on The Semicolon (;);
• “Bullied” by Gunnar Neuman in “Readings for Writers” by McCuen-Metherell and Winkler.

Discuss the way Slater’s discussion of his speech problem affected you. Discuss what was effective in his essay and how you can relate to it through someone you know or something you overcame or are overcoming in your life.