The cotton thistle is a large plant, up to three meters tall and about half that in width. A biennial plant, its spiny leaves are 10 to 50 cm wide, covered with white hairs that give the plant the common name cotton thistle.. They have long, stiff spines the length of the margins. The flowers are round and range in color from pink to lavender. The thistle flowers from July to September.
(February 2009) Impromptu speaking is a speech and debate individual event that involves a five- to eight-minute speech with a characteristically short preparation time of one to seven minutes.
In this series of posts, Iâll give you the basics on a variety of types of presentations you can prepare. At the end of this post, Iâve listed previous articles in this series. What is a commencement speech? A commencement speech is usually given during a ceremony in which an academic degree or diploma is conferred. Often these ceremonies invite a âcelebrityâ guest to give the commencement speech or address. If youâre a respected professional of some note in your community, it it likely that you will be invited to present one of these types of speeches one day.