Persuasive Speeches:
Rhetorical Responce:
I watched two speeches that were
based on healthy and unhealthy eating, these speeches focused on persuasion and
changing ones lifestyle and incorporating healthier choices. The first speech
was of a girl in her bedroom sharing her research and knowledge of the effects
of unhealthy eating. While the second clip was of a mature woman in a hospital
setting talking to a couple people about her experience and sharing her
knowledge that she both learned over the years and also experienced in her work
environment. The first speech to me seemed to be sympathetic and appealing to
ones emotions. She seemed as though she may have been speaking from her
personal experiences or experiences of someone close to her. She even recommended
different methods to incorporate a healthier lifestyle in addition to healthier
food choices.
The second speech seemed more of a
professional informative speech, since she was a nurse she was most likely familiar
with giving speeches like this on a daily basis to customers. Although this
speech too, was informative and persuasive, she lacked personal appeal and that comfort
you should feel from a speech. She did however cover bad behaviors and ways to
reduce risk of death from heart disease.
The girl with the webcam touched on
the health issues that arrive even at a young age, and how people lose energy
with overeating and weight gain. While the first speech brought up facts and
information the second speech brought about examples such as what five pounds
of fat visually looks like. Both ladies did however appeal to pathos, which is
an appeal to emotion, the first speech brought up how people who eat more deal
with depression and the second speech brought up the comparison of food
addiction to drug addiction. Both speeches were able to use facts in addition
to bringing up the positives of eating healthy and the negatives of over eating
or eating poorly. Both ladies did a very good job of defending their cases and
expressed their opinions very well.
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