CAPTURE: I.) What would we do without incandescent
light bulbs, phonographs, motion picture
cameras - things we all take for granted?
A.) They were all invented by me, Thomas Alva
Edison.
B.) I made more than 1,000 inventions.
MOTIVATE: II.) How can I capture sound and motion in time? Is
there a way to make a practical light bulb? Can people talk to each other
from great distances? These are some of the questions I asked myself
to make some of my most famous inventions.
ASSERT: III.) All of my inventions have changed many lives. I'm here to
talk about these.
PREVIEW: IV.) Let's discuss my most popular and important
inventions I completed during my 84 year life.
A.) My incandescent light bulb
B.) My phonograph
C.) My improved telephone
POINT
SUPPORT: V.) My first invention I am going to talk about is my
incandescent light bulb.
A.) There was already an electric light bulb out, called an arc
bulb, but it was way to bright for practical use.
B.) My incandescent light bulb has a special wire, or
filament, made out of tungsten.
VI.) Another invention I'll refer to is the phonograph.
A.) You may know this as a recorder and player.
B.) It was crude, but it worked and was used for a long
time.
C.) It had a long tube with a funnel at the end where you
talk into it. The rest of machine looked sort of like a typewriter.
VII.) My final invention I'll talk about, is my improved
telephone.
A.) There were already telephones out, but they had low
quality sound and short range.
B.) I improved it so it sounded a better and had a farther
range.
ENDING: VIII.) When you turn on a light, go to a movie, call your
friend on the phone, or listen to CD's, remember, it was all made possible by me,
Thomas Edison, and my innovative mind.
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