Meagan Sharrys persuasive speech was on the subject of organic foods. She wanted to show that the trend of eating has changed drastically in the past few years. The persuasive purpose of this speech was to get the people around her and around everyone in this world to begin eating organic for a variety of reasons. I liked the way Meagan began her speech because I was a way that brought the audience in. She began with a question, which is always a way to loop me into listening and being interested in a speech, but more important, the question was related to a movie that most people our age have seen. The questions she asked was if we have ever seen the movie supersize me. She then went into a little summary of the movie and explained …show more content…
how doctors tested the character more and realized that the finalization of the movie was unhealthy. She then went into explain what she will talk about within the speech. Overall, I believe that Meagan did a good job with relating the subject to the class. She began to say, “today the food we consume is filled with chemicals” I liked how she said this because it related to not only the audience but to her as well. She then mentioned in one of her points that she is going to focus directly on college students. She goes into explain how even though people say organic food is more expensive, it doesn’t make such a difference when you’re spending money on other things. She brings in how regular food and create heart disease, I feel that as an audience when you’re hearing these threats and issues your attention will be brought it. She also ended with “its not too late to begin this change and the change begins with you”, this was an amazing way to end part of her speech because it brings in the attentions of the audience by saying that every one of us has to make a change. I believe that she could have maybe adapted it a little more to the audience by specifically focusing on our school and what is in our schools food, but other than that I think she adapted the speech very well. Meagan used a good way of organizing for her speech. She started off with relating it to you and ended it that way as well. She went into detail with explaining the certain aspects of organic food. Began with the definition, which was a good way to begins and then transitioned in explaining the certain chemicals and hormones that you can avoid if you eat organic food. Then she transitioned into explaining how eating organic doesn’t just help yourself but helps the wildlife around us, and then complete it with talking about how it helps to agriculture. With each of these specific subjects she did a really good job with supporting her facts and points and making sure that we believed these were true. Meagan’s use of support materials was very good. She always had ways to supports her points whether it was an example of a story, a statistic or a study that has been done. She talks about how IBM said that these places would never stop selling unhealthy food because it is a way for these people to be making millions of dollars. She also gave the definition of organic from organic.com, which was done well because even thought it was a very academic answer; it was easy to still understand the definition. She supports one of her points by saying through much research, but she didn’t seem to give that research. This was one negative of how she supported her material because this could make someone think that she didn’t truly do research for that specific point. On a more positive note, through out her whole speech she would put things into perspective. One thing I really liked was the fact that she supported with saying that when talking about money; the money you spend on drunken food can buy you all the organic food you would like. This isn’t just comparing that you can save money but also that it is making healthy choices. This was my favorite material that she gave to support one of her facts. When is comings to Meagan’s emotional appeals, personal opinion, fact based reasoning, her use of language, and overall body delivery and timing and eye contact, I believe that most of these things were positive.
You could tell that she was very passionate about the subject of eating organic food. At the end, Meagan talks about her personal story being that about a year ago she started eating organic food. She explained how her bank account is not broken, and how she used to be really tired but now she wakes up early, goes to the gym and eats little organic meals throughout the day and feels so much better than she used to. I really enjoy how Meagan brought her personal life into this, because I think this is very important in a speech but my personal opinion would be that she put it more towards the beginning of the speech rather than the end. I think this would be a good way to keep the audience focused throughout the speech. I think Meagan’s delivery of the speech was really good and interesting. Her eye contact was usually good but it was very clear that she was reading directly off of the paper but you could tell it was very organized. She didn’t move much, she stood in the same spot, I think it was good that she stayed n the same spot but I think she should’ve moved her hands a little more. I think her change in voice could’ve been a little better because she seemed to have the same tone through the whole speech. Otherwise, she did an amazing job at her pronunciations. I could understand every word she said and her speed and timing was so
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In 102 Minutes, Chapter 7, authors Dwyer and Flynn use ethos, logos, and pathos to appeal to the readers’ consciences, minds and hearts regarding what happened to the people inside the Twin Towers on 9/11. Of particular interest are the following uses of the three appeals.
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She quickly transitions to explaining how it was not only opportunity but also hard work that got her to where she was. In opening sentence she states, “I was just counseled not to be nervous, that’s almost impossible.” This was the first sentence of her speech, it opened it up with a bit of humor as the entire crowd she wass talking to laughed. The feedback she received from her audience almost gives her slight ease, she feels like she has their full attention. Being nominated to the highest court house in the nation must have really caused her excitement. As she is talking she sometimes slows down to a point where it seems she doesn’t want to lose track of what she is saying. This can be due to psychological noise she might have been experiencing while delivering her speech. The excitement of being nominated for the high ranking position would have made most people have wondering thoughts about the future that awaits
In the book Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer wrote about Christopher McCandless, a nature lover in search for independence, in a mysterious and hopeful experience. Even though Krakauer tells us McCandless was going to die from the beginning, he still gave him a chance for survival. As a reader I wanted McCandless to survive. In Into the Wild, Krakauer gave McCandless a unique perspective. He was a smart and unique person that wanted to be completely free from society. Krakauer included comments from people that said McCandless was crazy, and his death was his own mistake. However, Krakauer is able to make him seem like a brave person. The connections between other hikers and himself helped in the explanation of McCandless’s rational actions. Krakauer is able to make McCandless look like a normal person, but unique from this generation. In order for Krakauer to make Christopher McCandless not look like a crazy person, but a special person, I will analyze the persuading style that Krakauer used in Into the Wild that made us believe McCandless was a regular young adult.
Samir Boussarhane During the early 20th century in the U.S, most children of the lower and middle class were workers. These children worked long, dangerous shifts that even an adult would find tiresome. On July 22, 1905, at a convention of the National Woman Suffrage Association in Philadelphia, Florence Kelley gave a famous speech regarding the extraneous child labor of the time. Kelley’s argument was to add laws to help the workers or abolish the practice completely.
In Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, he utilizes various literary devices to emphasize his many thematic topics. He demonstrates sin through the unholy nature of Abigail’s history with John Proctor with Abigail’s words, "I know how you clutched my back behind your house and sweated like a stallion whenever I came near!" (Miller 21). He reveals the wrongness of the situation, and shows the desperation Abigail has for John to return her feelings. due to his marital status and her age through his simile describing John’s actions and reactions near Abigail as animalistic and dirty. Miller’s similes also demonstrates the idea of good vs. evil through his description of the Devil’s effect on several girls. “...
During the late 1800’s and early 1900’s the fight for equal and just treatment for both women and children was one of the most historically prominent movements in America. Courageous women everywhere fought, protested and petitioned with the hope that they would achieve equal rights and better treatment for all, especially children. One of these women is known as Florence Kelley. On July 22, 1905, Kelley made her mark on the nation when she delivered a speech before the National American Woman Suffrage Association, raising awareness of the cruel truth of the severity behind child labor through the use of repetition, imagery and oxymorons.
Florence Kelley was a social and political reformer that fought for woman’s suffrage and child labor laws. Her speech to the National American Woman’s Suffrage Association initiated a call to action for the reform of child labor laws. She explains how young children worked long and exhausting hours during the night and how despicable these work conditions were. Kelley’s use of ethos, logos, pathos, and repetition helps her establish her argument for the reform of the child labor laws.
Prevailing Purposes in “The Crucible” Playwright and essayist, Arthur Miller, in his play, “The Crucible”, utilizes pathos, symbolism, and irony to convey his purpose of how the events of the Salem Witch Trials had detrimental effects on the society and how far the elites went to protect their reputation . Miller’s reasoning is to expand Parris’ and Danforth purpose for their side of the argument during the witch trials. He adapts a contrasting tone in order to appeal to similar feelings with reasoning in his american readers.
Florence Kelley uses an abundant amount of rhetorical devices in her speech to express her feelings about child labor. Kelley uses sarcasm, repetition, and imagery in her speech to explain her thoughts on child labor.
Her slow yet concise way of speaking, coupled with easy to follow transitions allowed for a speech that was enjoyable to listen to. Her use of examples from her personal life allowed her audience to get a picture of who she was if they did not know, and allowed her to better relate to them by provided examples of how she is related to the college they are graduating from. Her reference to many modern political problems allowed her to bring up her important role as an activist and facilitated further understanding from the audience. While some areas of her speech were weak, such as the longer than needed pauses and her lack of consistent eye contact, to a few points where she didn’t speak clearly enough, the overall picture that was her speech was fairly strong. Looking at this speech, I hope to incorporate some aspects that I failed to include in my previous speeches. Some of these include her use of hand gestures to emphasize and exaggerate certain phrases and topics, and her combined use of appeals. While my initial thoughts going in were “This is boring” and “This is too slow”, it evolved into me wanting to hear more, and overall my defeat in the beginning turned into a victory at the
The speaker organized the presentation very well and made it easy to follow for the audience. She chose words that got the message across clearly and were not difficult to understand. Since this was targeted at a younger audience, she simplified the concepts and was very specific. The sentences of the speech were structured appropriately, and had no grammatical errors. She also included some transitions in between, especially when moving from one idea to the next which made the flow
While watching my video I did notice that I was able to understand and clearly know what the main point was. I spoke in a clear and a tone loud enough for everyone to hear. The speech was organized very well, so one idea or thought flowed to the next. I don’t think I need to change anything in regards to my central idea being clear. I was satisfied with that part of the speech.
Overall, Amy Cuddy gave an effective speech on her topic of the importance of body language. Amy Cuddy achieve the goal of an effective speech by her delivery of the topic, her credibility on the subject, and how she kept the audience engage. In order for a person to give an effect speech they should really look into on how Amy Cuddy gave her
This speaker perfectly illustrates how body language can express a point of view while keeping the audience engaged. Meanwhile, if she had clearly re-stated her main points, this informative speech would have been exceedingly effective. I personally find it challenging to incorporate all of my thoughts and ideas into one 5-minute long speech. I now know that this can be accomplished successfully by using non-verbal communication as an aid, rather than something I repeat to myself throughout my speech (keep eye contact, don’t fidget). Moreover, I have learned the importance of re-stating my main points. As mentioned above, listeners do not have the advantage of readers, a point of view is stated, it is heard once, as a posed to reading, whereas a person can re-read a statement over and over again until the point is understood fully (Lucas, 2015, p.