I have attended quite a few speeches with the majority of them being within the classroom setting. I always find the speeches that are held outside of the classroom to be more effective, because they are not assigned for points, but done out of an actual interest in the topic. I think that speakers outside of school usually demonstrate the most credible emotional appeals, logical appeals, and the most credible needs-based appeals. Again, I think they are able to do this because they are performing the speech out of interest; they are not being forced by a class. I think I will have to mix the interest in my speech while still remembering that I am being graded and need to meet certain requirements. In order to do this, I will pick a topic that I enjoy and will give my speech somewhat out of interest in the topic and somewhat because I have to give it. I will also pick a topic that my audience can relate to and that way hopefully they will feel a little bit more involved or interested in my speech and opinion. I plan to use logical appeals the most because I find them to be the most effective, because they have concrete facts and evidence to support the appeal. Next I plan to use needs-based appeals, because I believe that they the second most effective. Also, we all have very similar physical, safety, social, and self-esteem needs, so my audience will be able to easily relate to my appeal. I plan to use emotional appeals rarely, if at all, because I believe that people’s emotion change continually and are not as solid as a fact or a need. Hopefully, these elements as well as watching other speakers will help me to create a good speech.
What has been the most influential speech you have heard? Why do you think it was so influential?
The most influential speech I have heard was during a speech series at our high school. The speaker came in as part of the Rachel's Challenge group. The entire family was there and shared what a difference one person can make and how by just saying hello to someone in the hall can make all the difference. It was the most influential because it had an emotional appeal. Everyone left the gym in tears. I will never forget that speech.
ReplyDeleteIt is so true that people who are giving a speech for a class are not as credible as someone giving a speech outside the school setting. I have heard many speeches in a classroom and the students seem like they are just spitting out information that they researched. They have no real connection to their topic and it makes the listener think that they don't really care about it so they probably don't really know if everything they are saying is true. When giving a speech, especially a persuasive one, it is so important to try to pick a topic that you are interested in so the audience can find you more credible. The most influential speech I have ever heard was a speech on drunk driving. The person who gave the speech lost a daughter in a drunk driving accident. She definitely had a strong interest in the topic and she really appealed to our emotions. I remember leaving the gym thinking that I had to do my part in helping to make our roads safer. That speech led me to join our school's Alcohol and Other Drug Awareness group. If she hadn't had shown a true, deep interest in her topic, I might have never gotten her message the way I did and joined that group.
ReplyDeleteThe most influential speech that I have heard was at a school assembly where someone was talking about drunk driving and the consequences involved. The reason why it was really influential was because he a gave personal story about drunk driving. So with that it really affects you more than just a teacher telling you it is bad.
ReplyDeleteI believe that the more a person is interested in what they are speaking about, the better they will sound while giving a speech. When someone sounds interested about a topic they are speaking about it makes others listening more interested and maybe thinking "This must be interesting since this person seems so interested in their own topic". I think that the most memorable speech i have heard is my valedictorian on graduation day. He did such a great job and had such enthusiasm. It made me want to keep listening to what he had to say because he was so excited to be up there speaking.
ReplyDeleteThe most influential speech I have heard was last year in my speech class. It was about abortion. I believe it was so influential because it was a interesting topic that I knew nothing about and the information she had really caught my eye. Another thing that really caught my eye was her power point and the way she gave her speech. She didn't stand up there and just talk, she stood up there and preached and got everyones attention by asking questions and using different tones.
ReplyDeleteThat's interesting that you like Logical speakers the best! I never thought about it as being true hard facts, and logical statistics. The most influential speech I have ever heard was too the Graduation day speech. It was a girl who gave the speech, and she had prepared it way ahead of time. My school for some reason was being difficult and didn't like her jokes, (Thought they were inappropriate) but last minute let her use them. She had our entire class laughing, and brought back many memories that will never be forgotten.
ReplyDeleteLogical speakers are also the ones that I find the most interesting. I feel that they have the facts and solid reasons as to why I should believe in what they're trying so hard to make me believe in. The most influential speech I've heard was from a hippy. She was an old hippy who had seen all of the 60's. I ran into her at the enormous protest at the Republican National Convention a few years ago in St.Paul. I sat down to listen to her in the circle of people she had around her. She was so passionate and knew exactly what she was talking about. It was just so interesting to listen to someone who has seem and experienced so much in her life.
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