...PERSUASIVE SPEECH TRANSCRIPT Poverty Video Link 16.3 Speeches in Action Notice how this attention getter grabs the audience by using an interesting story. Joy introduces the topic and shows the importance in this section. The speaker gives a simple but effective preview of the main points to be covered in the speech using Monroe’s Motivated Sequence. In this section, Joy cites recent and credible evidence to support her claims. 440 Chapter 16 Joy Zoodsma Western Michigan University Bohn Fawkes was a B-17 pilot during World War II who flew a number of missions over Germany. On one such occasion, his fuel tank was hit by an enemy missile, and he was forced to land the plane. Miraculously, he survived, upon which he discovered the missile had not detonated. If it had, his plane and he would have exploded immediately. Upon returning to the United States, Fawkes asked to keep the unexploded missile as a souvenir, a sign of goodwill toward him. However, upon further investigation it was found that not one but eleven missiles had hit his fuel tank. They were immediately sent off to intelligence for further investigation where it was revealed that all eleven missiles were empty, save one. The one missile contained a note, written in the Czech language, that said, “This is all we can do, for now.” A courageous Czechoslovakian factory worker had disarmed the missiles and written the note. He realized he couldn’t end the war, but he could save...
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...CMST 2060 SAMPLE OUTLINE Persuasive Speech INTRODUCTION I. Attention-getter A. An attention-getter can be an anecdote, bold claim, rhetorical question, interesting fact or statistic, or something else. The important thing is that you make it interesting. B. Attention-getters should, of course, be relevant to your topic. II. Orienting material A. Introduce your topic clearly and quickly. B. Relate your topic to the audience. C. Establish credibility (what is the nature of your connection with this topic? Why are you the one best equipped to tell us about it?) III. Thesis/topic statement. A. For the persuasive speech, the thesis statement should identify all parts of your policy solution. B. Remember, the thesis is not your preview. a. Rather than a roadmap, your thesis should function as a kind of “teaser,” designed to entice and engage your audience. b. Leave the preview of your speech to the next part. IV. Preview. A. In one sentence, provide us an overview of your main points. B. A preview is a psychological roadmap. Or, if you prefer, it’s an appetizer for the main course. (transition) Transitions are the glue or the stitching that holds your speech together. Example introduction: I. On June 1, Rosie Vallejo received a payday loan for $1,000. A month later, the cost of that loan had quadrupled to $2,000; a year later, the cost of the loan was around $20,000. A. Rosie has...
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...At the mourning of Julius Caesar's death, both Antony and Brutus gave very compelling speeches with different uses of ethos, pathos, and logos but Antony's was more persuasive towards the crowd. Each hit several points and got the crowd going however Antony's speech convinced the crowd that " hated " Caesar to adore him again. Ethos is the building up of credibility of a speaker to coax the audience to trust in the more. Brutus started his speech with, " Romans, countrymen, and lovers! Hear me for my cause, and be silent that you may hear. Believe me for mine honor, and have respect to mine honor that you may believe. " In these statements, Brutus is attempting to entice the listeners to believe in his story because he is a public figure. On the other hand, Antony proclaims, " he was my friend, faithful and just to...
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...How Patrick Henry Moved People with His Speech What is one major factor of a speech that conveys their message to the audience? Most of the time, it is logic that really gets into the people’s minds. Logos is a major part of Patrick Henry’s influential speech, “Speech to the Virginia Convention.” In 1775 Patrick Henry attended the second Virginia Convention and had proposed a way to raise militia to put Virginia in a state of defense. Other delegates insisted otherwise, Henry’s impromptu speech really turned their ideas around. Patrick Henry best demonstrated logos to inform his audience of what America was coming to under the rule of Britain and how we needed to declare independence. Patrick Henry decides to use facts to wake up the people of America that were willing to continue to subject themselves to Britain’s rule. During his speech, he talks about preparations Britain is making to take the newly founded United States to war. “Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with these war-like preparations which cover our waters and darken our land” (Henry qtd. In “Give Me”). The colonist have risked their whole lives for a new beginning- war would ruin it all. The logic behind war and the aftermath of...
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...In my speech to explain, I spent a lot of time researching about Social Networking. I also spent a lot of time preparing, timing, and searching for various sorts of research. I found a lot of different and interesting types of information and looked at it closely so I knew what I was talking about. For instance, I used a lot of search engines and different websites to explain different types of social networking and what social networking was about a long with how it is used in businesses. I tried not to practice too much to sound like I was memorizing the speech but I thought I thoroughly knew it well. I tried to make it an interesting speech by adding information that people didn’t really understand in the past. Such as how it is beneficial to most people on using social networking in the working area or when you have a business. I used simple language so the audience could clearly understand what I was talking about and not go into words that they wouldn’t understand. To develop and organize the speech: I pointed out the main topic as to what I was going to be talking about. I know people know a lot about social networking but in some cases of my speech there were certain topics that most people wouldn’t understand or know about. I thought my introduction and delivery was pretty good. I believe I had good rate, volume and posture. One thing I did notice was the eye contact and wish I didn’t look down at my note cards so much because I know for a fact I knew the speech...
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...The Pillars Of Persuasive Power Rhetoric is the arts of using language to inform and advocate for the truth, to connect ideas, and to develop arguments in particular situations. Aristotle, a well-respected Greek philosopher, considers rhetoric as a means of persuasion. He defines ethos, logos, and pathos as the three essential ingredients to a successful appeal. These three interconnected components are the backbone for the persuasive power inside the TED Talk titled “What Really Happens When You Mix Medications?”. Russ Altman, the speaker of this TED Talk, harnesses different dimensions of each persuasive power to explain to the audience that taking two or more medications can lead to a drug–drug interaction that can either amplify or block...
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...“What is an American?” This speech, given by Harold Ickes in May of 1941, banded its audience together in a fight for World War II. The speech can be classified as many different things; some might say that it is persuasive, others motivational. Whatever title one might choose to brand it with, one thing is irrefutable; the speech itself does its duty by capturing the attention of its audience through language and technique. Ickes’ speech to the American people was very successful in rallying his points because of the way in which he chose to deliver it. Rather than deliver a formal speech, he addressed the American public very personally. This can be seen as he repeatedly used the terms “I”, “our”, “we”, and so forth. The “our” and “we” are especially important because he was talking to America as a whole. Through these terms he showed that his concerns were the same as those of the American public. Not only did he bring the people together as a united front through his inclusive terms such as “we” and “our”, he showed that he meant all of America, not just the working white man. “What constitutes an American? Not colour nor race nor religion…An American is one who loves justice and believes in the dignity of man…” Through this statement it can be felt that Ickes was speaking to every American out there. He was rallying to bring them together and it worked because he was sure not to leave any man out. Another way in which Ickes unified and connected with his audience...
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...it was hard for him to win over the white majority of the audience. The speech was used to give the idea how bad slavery was by using persuasive techniques. Douglass used many techniques such as rhetorical questions and Ethos, Pathos, and Logos. Logical claims and statements made by Douglass. Douglass is giving a logical point of view about the situation. Douglass states “There are seventy-two crimes in the state of Virginia, which, if committed by a black man (no matter how ignorant he be), subject him to the punishment of death; while only two of these same crimes will subject a white man to the like punishment.” The quote...
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...dream speech” impacted the country by speaking volume so people on many different levels. He spoke about the injustice in the country and how white and black people were not treated the same. King spoke in a very authorative tone that did not only African Americans but Caucasian people as well. He was very passionate and persuasive with his words by getting those certain people to consider that injustice was wrong. King appealed to everyone’s logic by using examples from the Constitution and his own experiences. He persuaded people to treat African Americans like they were humans and with respect. He adequately uses pathos in his speech. He impacts the public by using pathos to connect with their personal...
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...Speech Research Form NAME: Tiara Jones SPEECH ASSIGNMENT: Persuasive speech SPECIFIC PURPOSE STATEMENT: To Persuade my audience to take the steps of legalizing marijuana in Missouri and to support the legalization of marijuana, because of it being able to provide many medical as well as economic benefits for the United States if legalized. THESIS STATEMENT: Marijuana has been regarded as a harmful plant that can endanger lives and is thought to be nothing more than an extra problem to be dealt with in today’s society. However, based on its economic value and medical benefits, the cannabis has proven to outweigh its negatives with numerous other positives. By completing the details for each source below, you will have all the necessary information to complete the bibliography on your working outline. Source 1: Netflix Article title:The Union: The Business Behind Getting High Author: Name of periodical: Surviving Disaster. Volume: 1 Pages: 1hr 44 Date: 2007 Database used: movie Date information retrieved or DOI: Type of supporting material: statistics Specific information obtained (copy and paste): Didnt take notes just listen to repeat information Source 2: Book read Article title: Marihunana the forbidden medicine Author: by Lester Grinspoon Name of periodical: book Volume: Pages: Date: 2012 Database used: n/a Date information retrieved or DOI: n/a Type...
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...Persuasive Speech The JFK Assassination(Conspiracy?) Specific Goal: Explain to the audience the inconsistencies the warren report found and try to show that there may have been more than one shooter. Introduction It was the conclusion of the Warren Commission that Lee Harvey Oswald was the only shooter in Dealey Plaza on November 22, 1963 who killed President John F. Kennedy. Thesis Statement: From examination of the Zapruder Film and the Warren Report, both are inconsistent with each other and proves there may have been a second shooter. Body I. Explanation of the Single (Magic) Bullet Theory that the Warren Commision (Earl Warren, Chief Justice at the time). a. The magic bullet enters the President's back, headed downward at an angle of 17 degrees. It then moves upward in order to leave Kennedy's body from the front of his neck (wound number two) where it waits 1.6 seconds, turns right and continues into Connally's body at the rear of his right armpit (wound number three). Then, the bullet heads downward at an angle of 27 degrees, shattering Connally's fifth rib and leaving from the right side of his chest (wounds four and five.) The bullet continues downward and then enters Connally's right wrist (wound number six) shattering the radius bone. It then enters his left thigh (wound number seven) from which it later falls out and is found in almost "pristine" condition on a stretcher in a corridor of Parkland Hospital b. II. The Parade Route. a. If...
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...Obama’s Remarks on Economic Mobility On December 4th, 2013 Barack Obama spoke on the subject of income inequality and upward mobility. This speech was delivered to, and hosted by, the Center for American Progress (CAP). The president uses striking language to appeal to the emotion and logic of the audience. Obama executes his appeals in a variety of ways with the express purpose of painting the issue of growing inequality and decreased upward mobility as the “defining challenge of our time.” President Obama describes these issues as what drives everything he does as POTUS. Obama’s speech was quite intellectual and technical, peppered in detail with the numbers and statistics of current social and economic inequalities, appealing to logos. While he builds his argument based on these substantial facts, the overall feeling of his language is that of compassion. This compassion seems to drive his purpose and thus emotionally connecting to his audience. Further, Obama appeals to ethos during his speech as he outlines how current market-caused inequalities are threatening everything that makes America great. Obama masterfully balances his passionate language with solid facts and straight-forward logic in this effectively persuasive speech. Before expanding upon the specifics of the rhetorical methods utilized by the president in this speech, I think it is important to highlight that the audience (CAP) is a public policy research and advocacy group that labels themselves as bold progressives...
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...south. To examine the story Strive toward Freedom Ethos will be examined first, then Logos, and finally Pathos. Martin Luther King used many examples of Ethos in his story and that is what is going to be examined first. Martin Luther King used Ethos in his story Strive Toward Freedom to establish credibility in his speech. An example of Ethos in Strive Toward Freedom is, “ Almost 2,800 years ago Moses...
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...Turner Estes English 152 Thornhill 9/29/15 Justice for All The author of the “I Have a Dream” speech is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., King is well known for his efforts during the Civil Rights movement in the 1960’s. Throughout King’s speech, he uses numerous rhetorical devices to connect to his audience to influence change in the minds of black and white Americans about equal rights. The speech was intended for a very wide variety of people and was given in Washington to possibly influence politicians. Throughout King’s, “I Have a Dream”, speech he uses purposeful repetition, alliteration, and imagery to connect with the audience on an emotional level to realize America has fallen short of its promises. Throughout Dr. King’s speech he gave in Washington D.C. he used vivid imagery to give his audience of over two hundred-thousand people a visual concept of the message he gave. This is a very powerful rhetorical device because it connects the audience by putting a visual image in their heads. In this quote King uses the words dark and valley as he tries to express how the current state of racism across America, “Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice.” The word dark typically describes a place of little or no light and people typically do not like that. The word valley is a low place that is typically a hard spot to get out of and people don’t like being trapped either. So by King using a dark valley to...
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...host, Headlee knows how to hold a conversation. In her speech “10 Ways to have a better conversation,” Celeste uses her incredible amount of knowledge to inform the audience through the form of a TED Talk. The intent of the speech appears to be to inform, but Ms. Headlee clearly desires the audience to be persuaded...
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