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SPEAK YOUR MIND
Pre-speaking
 1 Look at the following picture from Write it out again. Read the questions and discuss them 
with a classmate. Personal answers.
A What does being free mean to you?
B How can a person be free?
C Do you agree with the sentence in the sign: “no one is free when others are oppressed”?
D How can fi ghting for women’s rights guarantee freedom for everyone?
 2 You are going to present a short monolog about freedom. Read the defi nition of monolog
from Collins Online Dictionary and write the items that match the defi nition in your notebook.
MONOLOGUE. Collins Online Dictionary. Available at: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/
dictionary/english/monologue. Accessed on: Sep. 9, 2020.
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Women march holding signs during protest in 
New York City, USA, on January 20, 2018.
monologue
in American English
('man log ) or 'mono.log ('man log )
NOUN
1. a long speech by one speaker, esp. one monopolizing the conversation
2. a passage or composition, in verse or prose, presenting the words or thoughts of a single character
3. a part of a play in which one character speaks alone; soliloquy
4. a play, skit, or recitation for one actor only
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A A monolog is always performed by one speaker. X
B A poem can’t be a monolog.
C A monolog can be an artistic performance. X
D Monologs are always negative.
Post-speaking 
 4 Discuss the following questions with your teacher and classmates. 
A How did you feel when presenting your monolog?
B What did you learn by watching your classmates perform? 
Personal answers.
Speaking
 3 Prepare your monolog and present it to your classmates and teacher. Follow the steps below.
• Look for short monologs on the internet so you can have some ideas for your own monolog.
• Decide the tone of your monolog: is it dramatic or funny? Is it about a real or imagined 
situation? Remember there are many possibilities and your choice will infl uence your writing 
and performance.
• Write the text for your monolog. It must be a short text about freedom. Take your discussion 
in activity 1 into account when writing. Remember to take your decision from the previous 
step into account.
• Ask a classmate to read and check if everything is correct.
• Make the adjustments, if necessary, and create the fi nal version.
• Rehearse and memorize your lines. The monolog is written, but you should present it 
without reading.
• Present your monolog to your classmates and teacher.
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Italian journalist Marco Travaglia during a monolog about his book Ma� a is State, in Turin, Italy, 2014.
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