In chapter 15, there was a discussion about the types of appeals that the speaker can demonstrate when giving their speech. I found Pathos, the appeal to emotion, to be very helpful. In my opinion when speakers give a narrative or personal experience within their speech, it helps to get the audiences attention. A story being told by an audience is something new and different. The audience can already tell that it's something that happened in reality and so they pay attention to the story a lot more. Examples, stories, and testimonies can contribute to the speech to make it much more interesting. As for my upcoming speech, I plan to incorporate many narratives and personal experiences to make my points across to the audience. Everyone has emotions and opinions about different topics, so by using pathos I feel that it can make the audience want to do or say something about the problem that I will be suggestion. If anything, I hope that my examples would only help connect to my audience in a positive way.
Friday, May 1, 2009
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hey genurr,
I found this part of the chapter interesting too. The part about using pathos, by appealing to peoples emotions, and incorporating things such as narratives, personal experiences, and or stories. It makes the audience want to listen more. I will try and incorporate this into my speech as well. They can relate to it or even make them really visualize what the speaker is trying to say. A personal experience can really help because the audience might have the same experince or similar experineces. This makes the audience more interested in your presentation. Well, good luck with your final speech. :)
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