Disc 3 Chapter 15 concept

What I found interesting from the reading in chapter 15 were the types of appeals. These types are logos, ethos, pathos, and mythos. Each type has their own concept in explaining the evidence effectively. For logos, it proves through logic by facts and statistics. For ethos, it uses speaker's credibility to reference the expertise on the topic. As for pathos, it proves by using emotional effects such as quotes or stories. Last which is mythos, it describes the cultural beliefs and values such as telling a cultural past or a well-known fable. These appeals rely on different ways to influence the audience. in order to use these, it would depend on when and how we use them because we cant just use one that would not fit on what the topic is about.

Disc 2 Persuasion

Just thinking about it, I can only remember the time I tried persuading someone in my group of friends on where to go eat because we had so many choices among the groups. The funny thing was, this always happens because we never knew where to go so then we waste a lot of hours just to decide on where to go. Of course some of those time are sidetracked subjects. Anyways, it was not that hard to persuade them because they were all hungry. However there is this one time where a few of my friends were so picky that it took us awhile just to agree on one place. Each of them wanted a different kind of food because they were hungry for it. Then as they name places to eat, two other friends and me were giving explanations to why the restaurant or fast food place is bad due to expenses and quality of food, sometimes even quantity. So the idea was that we had to give reasoning from past experiences and through online research from ratings from other people. It worked pretty well, although sometimes a few have disagreements on what me or my other friend say and the conversation would go back and forth until one of us gives up.

April 26 - May 2 Disc. 1

As I watch the pros and cons of home schooling, I found that both of these speeches had the same structure. Both followed the outline which I found interesting because it was very organized. Both also had support and details with facts and statistics to support the main points and their opinion on home schooling. Furthermore, both had a good introduction to start off with and a good conclusion to conclude their speech. They also did a lot of eye contacts and their gestures and they way they speak was unique in a way that they were trying to persuade the audience that their idea is correct. In my opinion, I would agree with the cons in public schooling although the pros of home schooling was so amazing that Dixie took the bad ideas of home schooling and turned it around. That reminds me about one of the concept that was discussed in chapter 14. The types of appeals that both were using were logos and a little bit of mythos. It was mostly logos since most of their main points were proven through facts and statistics from their research.

April 19-25

What I found interesting in Chapter 14 were the 5 types of audience and persuasion strategies. These five types are Negative audience, positive audience, divided audience, uninformed audience, and apathetic audience. These five types have their own way of persuading the audience. They are unique in the fact that each of these strategies can be used depending on what kind of audience there is. For example of the negative audience, it would be used for topics that the audience do not favor. Thus we can use the strategy that the book gives and persuade our audience. As for the positive, it is for topics that are favorable for the same position as the writer. The divided audience, which I think was interesting, look at both ways where it is both negative and positive. Thus I think this can convince all audiences. Overall, if we can use all of these types of strategies, then we would accomplish our wa of persuading the audience.

April 19-25 Discussion 2

We are immersed in the sea of persuasion through many things. One of the really popular way of convincing the public is through the media. As we hear things and find new information, we grasp it and believe that it is true. Even in advertisements, people are fooled into believing it the things that the advertisement is trying to get to. I remember my senior year in high school how so many colleges came by to make a presentation about their college. They started talking about their specialties and the advantages that will be given to students if students apply to that college. This is a way of persuasion to convince students that this college is the best and that it has the program provide for them. Persuasion is a powerful tool and if it is abused too much, then the public that are convinced will do things beyond what they don't know. Everyone has been convinced at least once already and that's the way of life and if people don't get convinced, the society would not turn out right. By becoming a critical consumer of persuasive messages, it would be harder for the persuaders to convince us. Thus, we will need to think what's best for us and moreover what would be best for the group if it deals with a group of people. If we just assume that the persuasion is correct, we would easily lose.

April 19-25 Discussion 1

Since the last speech will be different form the first two because it is an actuative speech, the main points will slightly be different. As how it was discussed in the last meeting, the main points will be the Need, Satisfactory, and Visualization. In these three points, I will be describing about the uniforms in schools. For Need, I will describe how people are not expressed because they cannot show their individuality. For satisfactory, I will explain ways such as banning uniforms or less restrictions for uniforms. As for the last main point, I will talk about the the common mistake if people wear the same thing. By beginning and ending my speech, I will still use the introduction and conclusion but it will be modified a little so it will fit with the persuation style. After looking at the different types of persuading audiences, which are negative or hostile, positive or sympathetic, divided, uninformed, and apathetic, I would most likely choose the divided audience or informed. There might be two side to the argument that I will be making. So it would be better to convince the audience to look at one side. Thus the divided audience is a good source for this problem. Like how the book says in steps, demonstrate the arguments for and against the issue, establish credibility and common ground among audiences, address the objection, and then reinforce the position. Although this type is good, I think that if we can use all 5 strategies, it would definitely persuade the audience.

Chapter Concept

What I found interesting was how the book talked about the differences of cultures. I was amazed how each countries have their own way of speaking; that is being loud can be a downfall for speaking in public. There are different ways in grabbing the audience's attention and being conceited or having too much pride in oneself is a bad way of having a speech. However, this is because everyone has their own culture and their different way of making a speech and so we are different ways to have a good speech. In general, most speakers would be very polite because the main key of the speaker is the audience.

April 12-18 Discussion

It's interesting how one word can change everything. As a matter of fact, not only it changes everything, it can cause different auras around people's environment. The word girl, or even boy, can be racist if we think that it's racist. In my opinion, I think that these words are only ways to point out who the person is. If there are no words such as these, how will we be able show what the person is. For example, saying that girl or that woman or that boy. We can always say that person, but then again if we do, then everyone would be the same and there would be no individuality between one another. As I read the textbook and relate it to the discussion, it was interesting because it tells us when to use it or when not to. Thus, we will know when to say these things to the audience depending on the subject

April 12-18 Speech Buddy

In the videos of chapter 10, what I found interesting was the audience-centered language. With this, the speaker can make the audience feel as if they are part of the speaker and to think that they are in a group. I also did not know that if we use the word we, us, you, and I, it helps make a better environment with the audience. However the bad part about this concept is that it might offend certain individuals. In chapter 12, I thought that the effectiveness of vocal delivery was something that everyone should look at. Although everyone has most of the criteria in this, I still believe that we still stumble on it sometimes. For instance, the rate as a speaker is making a speech; as I was comparing my recent speech and my first one, I seemed to speak really fast on my second speech. The five aspects was also helpful because although these are requirements, some, or even most, of us still have trouble in these aspects. I still have trouble with these aspects, especially eye contact.

April 5-11 Chapter 11

Presentations with a visual aid such as the powerpoint is very useful when making the speech. Yet I believe we abuse it too much and thus it creates a bad aura between the audience and the speaker due to the eye contact with the powerpoint more than the audience. However, when I read chapter 11, I found some useful tips about the visual aid. What I found useful in chapter 11 was the concept of Digital Slide Design Tips. In this concept it shows the tips in designing your visual aid so that it can be more effective. One way is to avoid relying on text or numbers. There are more such as limiting the amount of bullet points for each slide, decrease the number of words for each bullet point, having a cleaner and larger font, choosing the right transitions that goes with the topic, and avoiding special effects. These tips are helpful because they help the audience to have a more comfortable view of the powerpoint.This is because the visual aid is something for the audience to look at and I believe what the audience wants to see are pictures that interest them rather than words because words are for the speaker to present and to speak to the audience. This saying that speaker is the words of the presentation and the visual aid is the images of the presentation for the audience to entertain.

April 5-11 Speech with the other 5...

For this activity, I chose my friends for the group of five people to present to. Their names were Anny, Tran, Ryan, Dustin, and Patrick. I picked these five because I hang out with them the most and they are my close friends. Not only that, they also tell the truth rather than covering the bad information and act as if I did an excellent job on my speech. Furthermore, other than giving me what I need to work on, they also give me tips and how I can improve. The difference between this speech and the speech on Friday was that I was able to actually manage my time. In addition to that, I didn't use my notecards as much and the eye contact with my audience improved. I was also able to make jokes This was because I believe that I performed in front of my friends, so then I am confident and wasn't as nervous as how I was making the speech on Friday. Since I know them already, it was a different environment compared to making the speech in front my my classmates. What I would do differently if I were to do the speech again, I would try to memorize what I want to say although that is really hard, but then it would be good because I won't need to use the notecards. However the downfall would be that I might stop at certain just to revise what I should say next. So most importantly, I would try to pace myself as I make the speech. The feedback that I got from the five people that I chose was all similar to each other and one would say the problem while the other would add more to it. One was stutter; there would be a point where I would forget what to say or I know what to say but lost it because I didn't whether I shouold say it or not or if its the right time to say. Then again, this exercise was useful because not only that I was able to present my speech again, I was also confident in what I wanted to say and that it was easier and helpful in a way that more tips and points in what I can do to improve my speech was given.

April 5 -1 Self-Evaluation

There were a few things that I needed to work on before presenting on the last speech...or maybe there was a lot of things. Well, After reading the evaluation from my peers, there were good thins and there were bad things. Then again, the purpose of my speech was presented in a...I would say...decent way. This meaning that I was able to execute the purpose of the speech but the information I gave was not thorough. Aside from the purpose of my speech, I felt comfortable and confident as I was making my speech in a way that it was clear and well-developed. However, the bad news was that I was speeding just to finish my speech. This was because I thought that I would not be able to present all the information I have due to the previous speech, but it ended up me finishing earlier than usual. This also caused my audience to not pick up the information quickly because I was zooming through the information like a speed of light. If I had to do it over again, I would totally time myself and pace it so then I won't need to worry much about the time managing part.

One thing that would really like to change is the interaction between me and the powerpoint or the notecards because this shows the fact that the contact between the audience and the speaker is very bad. Thus, in delivering my next speech, I hope that this won't happen and I would be able to speak out while having eye contact with the audience instead of looking at the visual aid and the notecards at times. The difference between my first speech and my last speech was that I was able to present all the information I wanted to present on my last speech and I didn't on my first one. However the time between the two speeches were different, such that I finished in time on my first one but then I finished early on my recent speech. If we were to say if its an improvement or not, I would say that I improved in different areas but stayed the same in certain areas. As for distraction, I don't think I did anything that distracted teh audience but I believe that I shouldn't do hand movements a lot.

In the sense that I gave the information and statistics to the audience, I did not mention the sources that I used when I was presenting the facts. However I did mention one source and that was all, which I know that was not good enough to show that I researched through other sources rather than just one. As I watch the video again to see my speech, the good thing was the visual aid, loudness, and the information given, but the bad thing was the fast-talking of my mouth which I should've slowed down, and the eye contact of my presentation. For this reason, I would give myself a B- on a scale from A to F.