I. Invention
A. Research resources
I thought Wes did a decent job with his research. During the speech I noticed that He only used research that was from his book and from his own personal experience. The research that Wes used was very detailed and carefully documented especially for the other Wes’s story because while he was in prison the author Wes visited him so that he could learn his story. Another example that indicates the depth of Wes’s research is during the common read Wes stated that in the process of writing his book he would wake up a few hours before his next job to work on it. After Wes had given the speech people in the audience asked him questions. One of the questions that was asked was why at the end of the book did Wes …show more content…
Arrangement
A. Introduction
Due to technology difficulties of the first part of his speech, the audience was not able to understand what Wes was saying so it had a huge effect on the rest of the speech. The thesis was not evident and was hard to be able to tell what direction he was trying to take. When the technical difficulties came to an end he began talking about how it is important to choose who you fight for and that there are other Wes Moore’s in every community.
B. Body
The speech demonstrated a very causal and topical organization pattern. He chose the right organization patterned, but he really lacked in giving the audience an overview by telling the audience his main points. I enjoyed how the speech was very conversational, but at the same time it was very confusing because he seemed to jump around a lot on different topics. Though he did not verbally tell his transitions or the main points during the speech, the audience was able to somehow keep up with the point he was trying to get …show more content…
He did add new information basically saying that we should never forgot our long term dream. He also talked about how we should be celebrating our differences from each other. If Wes would have done a better job at giving the audience an overview, it would have made his speech more powerful.
III. Style
Wes’s message was overall clear, but he did not define any terms for the audience. Wes did not use points during his speech so at times it was very hard to follow along. For example, he would be talking about education and then would begin talking about the potential of our country without making a transition. I also noticed that there was excess verbiage, using worlds like um. I noticed he would use excess verbiage when he was trying to remember what he was about to say.
IV. Delivery
Throughout Wes’s speech he used great eye contact for the most part. He lost eye contact when his phone vibrated, and when he looked down. The delivery was very conversational because it was very natural and he had a lot of emotion. Because the speech was so conversational I think was a big reason why he never stated his main points. Wes did not seem like he had stage fright, or any symptoms like he was nervous. He seemed very confident and comfortable. Wes seemed very excited to share with us, which made myself able to pay attention and to listen to what he had to