Chapter 15 and 16

Chapter 15 helped but it was also very hard to implement the reasoning into my speech. Appeals were easy to use and actually helped me organize arguments and persuasion of my topic. I used logical appeals and appeals to speaker credibility in my speech. I hope the audience can pick these out because I had a hard time picking some out in the speech videos. Other reasoning like deductive, inductive, casual, and analogical were hard to label in my outline and I might not have done so properly. Chapter 16 will be helpful eventually when I have a certain speech to make. I will be able to reference this book for anything dealing with speaking. I feel that this chapter can help me take different directions in speeches and help create different speech messages. Overall, chapter 15 was most helpful because there was a lot of information that helped me identify certain items in my outline. When you start your outline, you will use this chapter a lot and make sure your properly identify your reasoning and appeals.

Personal experience

One particular incident where I had to persuade others to accept my point of view was just a few days ago when I had to persuade my chapter executive members to accept a new policy. I used an emotional appeal to persuade them to understand and accept my way of thinking. It was difficult but I finally got through to them. They understood the seriousness of the policy and how it would take a toll on all of us. Examples of an emotional appeal was bringing up friends and how we could not be a group of close friends if we could not stand for the same things. This pulled on their emotional strings and got them to agree that the policy would put us all on the same page and eventually creating a better friendship. The difficulties were when I had to defend my position as well as tell them I felt one way to keep them satisfied. I had to bite my own tongue and stand for one thing when I believed another. In the end, it all turned out ok and I can still have my opinion but keep it to myself. I used deductive reasoning and used specific events to help my argument for the new policy. I also used a syllogism becuase my argument had a major premise, minor premise and a conclusion. And last, I did use inductive reasoning by stating my claim and supporting it with specific examples of why we could have prevented certain sitautions in the past by having this policy.

Speech videos

15.1
Making a good argument helps you to persuade your audience. They have four basic points. The first is your thesis which is supported with claims, evidence and reasoning. You try to get your audience to believe your claim and use reasoning to back up her claim. 15.1 use it shows how you can apply the parts of a good argument and thesis. These two videos have shown me how to properly use arguments in my speech and how to use the a thesis. The last vide on sugar was put together well. He had great post boards which were clear, concise, and simple. Schooling Pro video was a very effective speech. She did a great job getting her points across as well as using her note cards effectively. Watching her makes this look easy! Her conclusion was good because she properly stated her points again and had a great closing statement. She used a logical appeal because she used facts to support her argument that people could be home schooled. This example is also an emotional appeal because she used columbine's shooting to appeal to your emotions to try and persuade towards home schooling. She connected with the audience by using examples that we all know about. Columbine was a huge deal and it effected many schools and lives of many students. Schooling con was also a good speach. His intro was strong with a great thesis and preview of points. He uses inductive reasoning by using certain instances to support his position. I also feel he used appeal to emotion by connecting the audience by thinking about their parents teaching them at home. He also had great transitions between his main points.

How are you immersed in a sea of persuasion? Give some examples of persuasive messages you’ve received in interpersonal, public speaking, and mass media contexts. What can you do to become a more critical consumer of persuasive messages?
Persuasive messages are all around me in my daily life. Recently, I was persuaded by Presidnet Barack Obama to vote for him in the election. His whole campaign was set up to persuade the masses on different topics to vote for him in hopes that he will make changes. There are certain things that he will support over the next for years that run paralell with what I see fit for him to do. Everywhere there are ads trying to persuade us to buy products or other add or marketing to persuade us to vote for propositions or governmental officials. Chances are every decision we make should give some credit to persuasive messages from friends, family, media, or other pyublic speaking events. Interpersonal persuasive messages are received in my everday life. My friends try to persuade me to play sports with them or grab food with them at a certian restaurant. there are other messages that are verbal but take a different tone to persuade me to do something with out actually asking me to. In my chapter meetings I also hear persuasive messages when people stand up and try to get the chapter to support thier ideas and programs they want to start. I can become a better critical consumer of persuasive messages by learning what the messages purpose is and what they are tyring to persuade or convince me to do. People can also become more critical consumers by analyzing the messages that media, peers, and public perform.

Chapter 14

I enjoyed the reading this week because it will help me to effectivley persuade the audience of my speech topic and my plan of action. I hope to persuade the audience to change their attitued and beliefs about Greek letter organizations. I think I will use a question of value to find my topic's condition or worth. I am not sure if this is the right speech pattern but i will look into that further. I will take the position that the audience is uninformed because they only know stereotypes about Greeks. There are also myths about greeks which I hope to combat with hard evidence, facts, and my personal experience. The audience will need to be persuaded to change thier outlook on greeks and I will try to motivate them to learn about greeks before stereotyping. The chapter also gives great examples of how to organize the outline. The outline requires a topic, purpose, thesis and main points. Each example shows specific topics, purposes and main points covering each topic. Last, this chapter has helped me choose the pattern to organize my topic and which pattern fits best.

Speech Update

For my speech I am researching Greek letter organizations, the history and what Greek letter organizations are today. My main points touch upon benefits of going Greek, myths and stereotypes, and why and how to go Greek. I plan to start my speech off by telling a story of a stereotypical Greek organization that fits into the stereotype which media has persuaded us to believe. Then I will go into persuading my audience by using facts and evidence about Greeks and try to paint a positive picture of Greeks. I already have a ton of facts and I am also gathering information about Greeks on our campus. A power point will be effective as a visual to help aid me in my speech. I will have pictures of familiar “Greeks” as well as statistics to change the audience’s perception. Once I paint that picture of what Greeks do besides the stereotypical activities, I will suggest a plan of action and why I am Pro Greek. The chart 4.3 in the chapter shows what strategies to use to persuade when being Pro Greek. Suggesting a plan of action will require me to provide information of when and how to join an organization. The plan is to first look into what Greek organizations there are on campus and what their purpose is. Researching an organization is one of the most important things to do as you don’t want to join an organization who’s letters you wouldn’t be proud to wear. I will end my speech with previewing positive points and the suggested plan of action.

website evaluation

Our history is built off a male dominated world. Even words and phrases resemble words that are more masculine and geared towards men. Also using labels can give more importance to the first word in the phrase. Our culture has judged women differently than men and that this is changing slowly. This blog talks about using labels as being offensive and discriminatory against certain people, groups, races, and appearances. I agree to what a few said about using words in different contexts. There is not need to ban a word in all contexts because if could be properly used in one sentence compared to another. They also bring up gender programming and how our society is programmed to discriminate against women and that men are superior to women. Words may have offensive and non offensive meanings. Not all words need to be up for the criticism of the public. You cant always satisfy everyone! These words that are up for discussion may have some negative meanings and may offend some people. But, others simply don’t care to ban words such as chick, girl, boy, asian, short, tall or any word that describes people. If people go on a witch hunt to ban all words that describe a person, we will no longer be able to describe someone or something. You could ban the word girl, and use woman, but that would also offend someone. Use words effectively in context and never in derogatory ways. I understand that people may be upset at certain language usage, but keep it to yourself as not everyone is offended by every word someone says. Overwhelmed by this blog, I just have to say, use your words wisely and try not to offend anyone. Thanks!

Chapter 10/12

Chapter 10 explains that using language can be effective in the success of your speech. Speakers should be careful with their words because they could have different meanings to the audience. Knowing your audience is key because you could offend them by using words that may have denotative or connotative meanings. I would refrain from using slang in my speech as words meaning may be interpreted differently. With students, it is ok to use jargon because we are all associated with school and how the university runs. We would all know the meaning or interpret some words the same. This chapter helps to explain how the way you say things could have a different meaning. For example, saying something in a way that is narrative as opposed to factual, rhythmic opposed to image. Each way you say a phrase could be interpreted differently. I hope I use inclusive language to pull the audience in and not neglect certain groups. Just like the videos, they say to use similes, metaphors, parallelism, rhymes, alliteration, and antithesis to help the audience visualize.
Chapter 12 helps to pick a proper delivery method. Impromptu speech is something that I have always wanted to give because it would put me on the spot and really force me to search through my head to delivery a great speech. Extemporaneous speaking is what I am used to, but now I feel that it doesn’t help me except for becoming more comfortable speaking in front of people. This chapter also explains what one of the videos went over. Using pitch, volume, rate and vocal variety will help me in my next speech. I think I need to improve my volume and rate so I can have a better delivery. I feel that I am too fidgety when speaking. I will combat this by knowing my speech so I am confident to deliver it. Last, using note cards more effectively will help me because I tend to use too many words. I have caught myself reading instead of actually delivering a speech. My next speech, I plan to have key words and phrase on my cards and practice a lot more so I can get an A!

speech videos

In 10.1 you can use current events or use pro nouns to make the audience feel like they are part of the speech. You can also use inclusive language to help people feel like part of the group. Audience centered language also uses metaphors, similes, antithesis, rhyme and alliteration. You can also use humor which is great to link yourself with the audience. 10.2 goes into using correct language. It tells you to stay away from certain words that may offend as well as your language could help you bring the audience into the speech. The speaker uses humor to connect to the audience. I don’t think I will use humor because I cannot play anything off to be funny. I also feel that I would offend someone because my humor is a bit off the wall. The third speaker seemed to be talking to his friends instead of giving a speech. I couldn’t tell if he was trying to use humor but his speech was very informal.
12.1 explains how rate, pitch, volume, tone, vocal variety, articulation and pronunciation. I feel that I usually have a rate that is too fast for my speech. My volume is ok but would need to be louder for a larger audience. My tone does change but I could be more effective when using tone. Overall, I would like to have a better variety of all these factors to be successful in my next speech. The videos showed how people could speak well and even mess up their good speeches by having a poor delivery.
12.2 These videos explain how delivery is the most important thing. Using eye contact shows the audience that you know your topic. Facial expressions can help you express your points. Audiences also like gestures that may be more formal than everyday gestures. Appearance is key you need to pay attention to your audience and surroundings as well as occasion. Looking your best will help with your confidence.
12.3 explains how to properly practice your speech. Their ideas are using your preparation outline and to use words and phrases to help cue your ideas. The goal should be to give an excellent presentation of the same ideas. The speech does not have to be exactly the same. Start with the outline, then use note cards, and even practice in front of friends. I think I could use my note cards better by using key words and phrases. I try too hard to give the exact speech. If I speak more naturally and practice a ton, I will do great!

chapter

I found the chapter helpful with different types of presentation media. It tells you that you can use transparencies, flip charts, white boards, chalk boards, handouts, videos, models and power points. Each of these has benefits as well as being detrimental to your speech. Chalk boards? Who uses those these days? Most schools have white boards and even the electric boards now. Using technology can help your speech but it can also be detrimental. If you were to use a white board, you could improvise while writing on the board but also take time away from speaking and ending eye contact with the audience. Handouts may be effective but I would rather use some slides or power point because hand outs take away from my speech. The audience would be looking at the hand out instead of me. Breaking eye contact would disengage them from the speech. Out of all the forms of media, I will use power point because I am most comfortable with it. I can clearly put together slides that will help enhance the points in my speech. I might use a video or two, but will first have to figure out how to do so.
All of this can be helpful but it also needs to be smoothly implemented into the speech. The speech needs to flow with all of you media and visual aids to prevent any distractions.