Friday, October 16, 2009
What components, according to your book, go into an introduction and conclusion? How are you going to use these ideas in your Informative Speech?
According to Coopman & Lull there are four main ideas that go into your speech; the first being an idea that gets your audience’s attention, the second a good indication of your purpose and thesis statement for your topic, thirdly an establishment of credibility on your part and fourthly the preview of your main points. This is the attention getter that I am using for my speech about human trafficking, (“An estimated 27 million people are held in slavery worldwide, meaning there are more slaves in the world than were taken from Africa during 300 years of trans-Atlantic slave trade.”) Tell me as a reader what you think about my attention getter? As for the conclusion of a good speech it must also contain a review of your main points a reinforcement of your main points and provide closure to your audience as stated in Coopman & Lull. I look forward to hearing what the class thinks of my attention getter and look forward to hearing all of the speeches.
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I agree that first impressions are important; therefore, attention grabbers are essential to a good foundation of the introduction. Although the attention getter is categorized as logos, facts and statistics, it really appeals to my pathos or emotions. I think it’s really interesting, but I had to reread the sentence twice before I could grasp the meaning behind it. It was a really great idea to make a comparison to the trans-Atlantic slave trade. This helps relate the situation to present day and possibly make the audience listen want to listen rather than listen as a captive. The topic of your speech seems very interesting. I look forward to seeing you next week!
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