Persuasive Speech On Pitbulls

My persuasive speech was well-organized because having the outline formal helped with organizing. I enjoyed how each point flowed with each other and connected. My main ideas fit well with refutation because people have many opinions and views on pit bulls, so having be able to share my reasons and back them up with facts felt reasonable. Refutation fits well with the topic in general because people often assume straight away that pit bulls are vicious. It was nice to be able to give my main points that refute society’s perceptions of the breed.
Before the speech, some of my audience members had negative views on pit bulls and felt scared around them. Other audience members loves pit bulls and agree that they make wonderful companions. I believe

I was successful to change their minds with the evidence I used. The reasoning followed greatly with the evidence to explain and show that anybody can own a pit bull, you just have to raise and train the dog correctly. I feel like I did change my audience’s views on pit bulls when I mentioned that drug dealers and gangs use them as guard dogs instead of taking care of them. I believe that I used good examples to support my topic.
Logos helped with my thesis statement because when you first hear “Are Pit bulls a vicious breed?” many people would agree that yes they are and hearing stories of pit bull attacks would be there logical reason. Pathos is what helped me form the question because answering the question plays with the audience’s emotions about the dog. Using my examples and speaking about my main points connected with pathos. Lastly, ethos came in handy with my question as my thesis because my audience knows I own a pit bull and demonstrating trustworthiness, competence and concern. I think them knowing I own a pit bull, makes my audience feel more secure and connects with me.
If I was able to deliver this speech again, I would be sure to move my notecards faster after each slide and express more emotions when speaking. I believe I did a fair job at delivering my speech and I felt more proud of this one than any of the others, so that’s why I wouldn’t change much. I enjoyed how my speech went and I did notice some mistakes, but overall I really liked it.