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Speech critique “ persuasion

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Speech critique “ persuasion

Through the ages, structure or oral arguments has been given by several scholars, for

instance, Aristotle. Persuasive message portrays a creative skill and an audience to get motivated

on what is being shared. The narrator at the video posses’ persuasive skills based on how she

evokes ethos, pathos, and logos.

The speaker narrates an accident that happened two years ago, and it involved her

nephew. She produces ethos skill by making the audience believe in the story because it involves

her nephew. She makes the audience understand that she has the locus of the story, and she is

speaking in good faith by describing how students were good students, gifted athletes, and

talented arts and musicians. The speaker drives it forward to them by referring to the audience

questionnaire; she agreed that 16 and 17 are less skilled; hence, they should push the driving age

to 18 years old. She used syllogism to combine two premises that drew a logical conclusion from

the audience. The speaker makes rational speech more persuasive by wrapping it with emotions.

She said that her nephew is finishing form four on a wheelchair, a wheelchair he will occupy for

the rest of his life.

The speaker being perceived by the audience involved evidence on statistics of the total

number of teenagers who have been engaged in a road accident. Similarly, evidence is crucial in

speech as it reorganizes the expertise of any individual on the topic narrating about. Yes, I agree

with her overall perspectives because new drivers haven't exploited their experience skills, and

less brain development teenager brain to charge on the risk involved in a given situation. The

speaker has organized her speech in an orderly manner for easy understanding of the audience.

However, her facial expression is constant, not showing any emotion when taking any issue

related to sadness.