Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Chapter 15 Videos
The Chapter 15 videos presented a speech on a very controversial topic: home schooling. The first speaker discussed the pros of home schooling by providing plenty of convincing reasoning. I believe her most convincing reasoning was that students who are involved with home schooling are more prepared for college. She claimed that by doing home schooling, students will come to realize that family is very important and they should always keep that in mind while attending college. This is an act of casual reasoning. The second speaker discussed the cons of home schooling, and he also provided plenty of convincing evidence. I believe his strongest reasoning was by saying that parents need to support their children, not be their teachers. I think this was a very sentimental phrase that he incorporated into his speech. I learned that using reasoning is, of course, very significant for the success of a speech and being able to connect with the audience on some sort of emotional level is useful in persuasive speeches.
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Hey Piper!
ReplyDeleteWhen Robert presented his speech, his one point about how parents would be better as supporters rather than teachers was pretty neat. I agree with that statement. Parents are already nagging on you as parents, why have them be your teacher too! That would be even worse! But overall, including reasoning into your speech can definitely help to support the main points that you're claiming. Without main points, it would leave the audience with nothing to depend on, so they wouldn't be persuaded at all. As for the pros of home schooling, I liked how Dixie included the dreadful act of shooting and what not to defend her claim, because obviously everyone in the audience is concerned about their safety.