Rhetorical Analysis Of How To Spot A Liar

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Conveying a message through the use of public speaking goes far beyond the words you say. When presenting a speech, there is much that goes into it, and more to truly get your message into the minds of the listeners. Every great speech consists of several key elements that are used to support and back up the words that are spoken. In 2011, Pamela Meyer presented her speech, “How to Spot a Liar,” as a TED Talks. In the speech, she uses many of these public speaking techniques when she discusses the key ideas she addresses in her novel: Liespotting: Proven Techniques to Detect Deception. Her speech is informative, consisting of information on how to spot someone who is lying, as well as mindboggling statistics concerning the omnipresence of lying in today’s society. In Meyer’s speech, she uses specific …show more content…

Meyer then transitions to addressing her main points in a very clear way, stating each way she will discuss how to spot a liar. By her stating her three main points at the start of her introduction, the audience knew what to expect going forward in the speech and has a clear preview of what is to come. Because Meyer discusses the background of her topic after establishing her main points, the audience had little to no background of the topic, other than thinking, now, that they are all liars. Once Meyer addresses her three main points, she makes her central idea clear: how to spot liars. After clearly transitioning from her introduction into her first point, Meyer starts using an abundant amount of statistics to support the main idea that she is discussing. Her use of these statistics not only help add to the information that she is trying to instill in the crowd, but they also build her creditability as a speaker. In addition to her use of supportive statistics, Meyer also builds to her creditability and subject information by using plentiful, supportive evidence from sources, aside from herself, to develop the

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