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“ Speech is an important part of our personality becuase looks and beauty can only gain attraction. But speech and good language can win hearts forever.” By Good Morning. This quote is demonstrating a effective speaker, because many people speaking on stage may not be beautiful as the audience expect, but the way the speaker choose their dictions will inspire other, creating an effective speech is not quite easy. In the speech “Confederate Flag on South Carolina Statehouse Grounds Address.”By Nikki Haley in June 22, 2015. Nikki Haley had showed audience the best qualities of a good speech. By creating a hook, connect to the audiences, and uses appropriate appeals rethoric.
Nikki Haley started the speech with an excellent hook. She grabed
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the audiences attention so quickly, by the first few words she spoke : “This has been a very difficult time for our state.”(Nikki Haley). Just by the very first sencetence the audience was amazed by her words because the way she grabed attention was fabulous. With the what’s she had been spoke the audience was being curious and continues listen to her speaking. Hook is a very importance way to start a speech if a hook are not strong enough to grabed audiences attendtion then the speech will be tedious. Beside a hook there’re also different requirement for a good speech. Beside that making audience involve in the topic for a speech is very importance.
Nikki Haley involve the audience in the topic by “Our State is grieving, but we are also coming together. The outpouring of love and support from all concers of people across this State and country has been amazing.” (Nikki Haley). She connected the audience in the speech by using the word “our” it’s show that she’s putting the audience involve in to her topic. This way will ensure participation from the audience becuase the audience will gain their attention more in to her speech since they are involve. Audience will think and understand what will help them from the disastrous, Beside that she also has a different quality to create her speech more intersting.
Using appropriate appeals rethoric will make the speech more intersting. Nikki Haley did a successful job in her speech: “We know that bring down the confederate flag will not bring back the nine kind sould that were taken from us, nor rid us of the hate and bigotry that drove a monster through the doors of Mother Emanue that night.” (Nikki Haley). Nikki used metaphor and pathos to discribe the situation to the audience. The term “drove a monster through the doors” representing that the killer of nine people in the church was a monster, she compare the monster as the killer to make audience see
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Eidenmuller, Michael E. Great Speeches for Better Speaking: Listen and Learn From America’s Most Memorable Speeches. New York: Mcgraw Hill, 2008. Google Books. Web. 4 September 2010.
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Over the recent four months in Communication 1402 class, I have addressed three formal speechs and completed a number of chapters in the corresponding textbook “Communication Works”. This course of Communication aims to provide general information what public speaking is and how to address a public speaking. Recalling back the experience during the processes of completing the Speech to Imform, Speech to Persuade, and Group Presentation, I will draw a conclusion about this course and these three presentations in five aspects, comprising my previous perception of public speaking before this course; learning from the Speech to Inform; the goal and evaluation of Speech to Persuade; learning from the Group Presentation; the most important thing learned from this course.
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Theories I learned in public speaking are in regular conversations, you get all lots of feedback and interest from the other person and in large group, and you get some or none at all. This really heightens all kinds of risks of being plain, confusing, or boring. You can easily avoid in normal conversation between just two people or a very small group who have the same interests. Also, it helps to remember that when people sit considerately without speaking, they are usually watching some sort of screen optimized to entertain them. So to ask a large, captive group to sit and listen to a speech is to make a very big demand, and you must use your time sparingly and wisely. It’s generally not the time for an argument. It is to provide an understanding and desire for the audience.