Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Pick on concepts from either Chapter 9 or Chapter 13 that you found useful or interesting and discuss it.
In chapter thirteen there is a paragraph about informative speeches, “Inform to Educate,” and why they are successful. Coopman & Lull state that to be successful ones speech needs to educate your audience in some way, “that after hearing the speech, they should understand the nature and the importance of the topic.” Previously when I thought of informing an audience I basically thought about telling them about something new and hoping that it would catch their interest and that was the end of it, but then after reading this paragraph I realized that I could educate the audience and then they might be compelled to learn more on their own. I know this kind of leans towards the persuasive type of speech, but in a persuasive speech I would think the audience would have to agree with you to take action. That’s why the informative speech is so powerful because I don’t need the audience to agree, I simply need to provide a good amount of education on the subject to peak their interest in the right direction.
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I agree with Coppman and Lull that a successful speech needs to educate the audience in some way. I agree with this statement because what good does it do if a person in listening to the speech already knows everything the speaker is talking about. I believe that a speech is useless if it does not educate the audience in one way or another. This concept is even more important I believe in an informative speech. It is very important in an informative speech because the whole purpose of your speech is to inform your audience on a subject matter that they do not already know.
ReplyDeleteI would have to agree that by effectively educating the audience about your topic makes your informative speech successful. I also agree with the point you made about how powerful informative speeches can be. If you take for example an informative speech that has a strong and relatable social significance, it can affect people’s action individually which can further affect the community and then the whole society. This supports your idea that the audience does not necessarily have to agree with the speaker. What counts more is the fact that providing ample information can stir and spark interests within the audience.
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