Matthew’s persuasive speech about the prevention of drinking was very informative. Matthew presented lots of facts that seemed very life altering. It made me feel like I could have been one of those many victims of alcohol addiction because the statistics were extremely high. Matthew’s use of the over head was also very persuading because he showed the statistics through transparency sheets. The graph was convincing because it showed as the BAC (blood alcohol content) increased, the likelihood of getting into a car accident also increased. I also liked that Matthew used the students in the classroom as a potential statistic that supported his thesis. Courtney’s persuasive speech about light pollution was very straight forward. Her introduction listed several pollution topics that were already a problem in today’s world, but she emphasized the importance of light pollution so that her audience would understand what her speech was going to be about. She listed how light pollution was capable of affecting us economically and through our health. This made me realize that she structured her persuasive speech as a problem-solution pattern.
Although Matthew was monotone, he still did an excellent job on his speech. Matthew hardly projected any fillers such as “um, uh, a, like”. I have learned that using technology as simple as transparencies and an overhead can be very persuasive to the audience. Courtney has taught me that a problem-solution setup is very organized and allows a speech to flow easily.
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Matthew was monotone! His speech was really boring to listen to, but I agree his speech turned out good. He provided evidence of how drinking while driving can cause accidents and how obtaining too much alcohol can cause liver cancer. He went out of his way to use the overhead projector to show the statistics and percentages of how drinking while driving causes accidents. I agree that Courtney was straight forward. Her speech went smoothly, but it was short. I liked her presentation better than Matthew’s. She had some life in her voice, which made it very interesting to listen to.
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ReplyDeleteI liked how Courtney sort of got straight to the point on what she was going to be speaking about. Her introduction was short but simple and I agree on you saying that her problem-solution setup was very organized which allowed her speech to be transitioned easily.
Matthew's speech on drinking was a bit monotoned, but his way of using his visual aid was pretty cool. I also liked how he gave all of those statistics! The thing that I liked the most about the speech was the fact that he was speaking to other students, and those students were probably really into the speech because his topic was something that everyone needed/s to learn about. :)
I agree the videos this week were very helpful. I thought Mathew did a great job too; he used a lot of facts which made his speech credible. The use of the overhead was good because it presented the facts right in front of the audience, so if someone didn't hear they could just look up and see them. Courtney had a good speech as well, it was really informative. These videos will be helpful to us for next week. I think its important to deliver the speech like them, for example act natural and not get nervous because everyone has to go through the same.
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