Speech Buddy Videos

I learned that by using one of the elements of arguments it is easier for the audience to see what you are trying to persuade them to do. I think that having a strong claim would really help a speech. I guess a claim can be considered as where you stand towards your topic. The types of appeals that are mentioned are logos, ethos, pathos and mythos. The speaker connects to the audience by trying to relate their topic to the audience’s lives since everyone in the audience had gone through school it seems pretty easy to relate her topic to them.

Interesting concept

A concept that I found interesting in chapter 14 is the ethics part of persuasive speaking. I didn’t know that public speakers had to meet the National Communication Association’s standards of ethical communication. I didn’t know that they had to meet certain standards in order for a public speaker to present their speech. A public speaker can not degrade individuals in their speech if they want to present it. So if a public speaker doesn’t uphold to the NCA’s standards what will happen to the public speaker? I thought that people could say what ever they want because of our first amendment.

Being immersed in a sea of persuasion.....

We are all immersed in a sea of persuasion because we all live in the same world. Every where around us there is an ad or commercial or even friends that persuade us to do or even buy something. There is no escaping it because it is all around us and since it is around us we hardly even notice it any more. An example of persuasive messages is the commercials on television or the public speakers at school talking to kids about staying away from drugs and alcohol. To become a more critical consumer a person must first know what he or she wants and not just persuaded into anything. After a person figures this out then they know what exactly to look for.

In my next speech....

My main points for my next speech are what is recycling, how it benefits our planet and what we can do in our homes to recycle. I plan on beginning my speech by giving an interesting fact about recycling and what it can do for our environment or maybe how much waste we are producing. I plan on ending my speech by convincing my audience to start a recycling bin of their own at their own homes. I want my audience to see that by recycling at their own homes it will really help out our planet. I am going to persuade my audience by using what I can for example language and images to influence my audience’s beliefs, values, attitudes and actions.

Interesting Concept

One thing that I found interesting from the reading is the different methods of delivery. I didn’t realize there were different methods; I thought there was just one method of speaking while giving a speech. There are four different methods impromptu, extemporaneous, manuscript, and memorized. Impromptu is speaking without preparation; I guess it’s like a debate you don’t know the topic you’re talking about until you get there. Extemporaneous is giving a speech that has been planned, researched organized and practice; so this is the method that we use when we giving our speech. Manuscript is when you give a speech that is written out word for word and the memorized methods which is self explanatory. This section interested me because I didn’t know giving a speech could be categorized.

Flickr

Our textbook says that people have different perspectives on different words and that we should watch we say not to offend anyone during our speech. There was one comment that really stood out to me in the Flickr discussion it was by Rippie:Contra Censura! He said something that languages change slowly when people use them, which I believe is true because the more we use a word the more meanings are put towards that word. Then it gives more people to take it offensive. It all depends on the person and how they interpret it. People have different perspectives everyone has different views.

Speech Buddy Videos

What I found interesting was that there are 5 ways to make the audience feel like they’re involved with your speech. This would help me on my next speech because I can use current events, use pronouns such as we and us, inclusive language so they feel like they’re apart of what I’m talking about. I can try and put these ideas into my next speech so they feel like they are apart of it. Another thing that I found interesting was vocal delivery; I thought it was funny when they showed examples of ineffective ways on giving a speech. From this I know what to do and what not to do when giving my speech.