Pit Pigs 'Logos: Persuasion'

3) You need to find a commonplace between you and your audience in order to begin trying to persuade the audience

Direct proofs are tangible evidence used to support the speaker’s argument. Direct proofs serve as evidence for the speaker’s proposition. These proofs range from the overall argument, to facts and statistics or simply the words within the speech. Direct proofs also contribute to the logical reasoning of the argument. Logos is a form of a direct proof. Logos describes a mode of persuasion based on logical reasoning. This uses reasons to back up the speakers ideas. These reasons make a logical appeal to the truth. According to Aristotle (3) logos is an “apparent proof, provided by the words of speech itself.” Logos stands for all physical parts of the speech and its arguments, such as the content, words, and logic of the speech.

Throughout my education, creating a successful argument was always about using logos. When using ethos and logos appeals in prior essays, I never felt like my argument was authentic. The argument wasn’t necessarily something that I believed in. However, after reading and analyzing Matters and “Letter to My Son,” I realized that a convincing argument is not one that bombards the reader with statistics or reasons why the reader should read this argument. A convincing argument can be one that is based off of passion and emotion.

Logos is one type of rhetorical appeal speakers and writers can use to persuade their audiences. Logos evidence being used to persuade

Firstly, logos refers to the persuasion realized through reasoning, which is deemed as the core of argumentation. To be specific, facts, data, the quotation of the authorities and the citation of scholars serve as the proof of the credibility of speakers or writers. In Obama’s victory speech in 2008, the story of Ann Nixon Cooper, a 106-year-old lady who has witnessed

The strengths in my speech were very beneficial to the overall effect that my speech had on my audience. My presentation, emotional appeal, and topic commitment were the ones that I feel were the most obvious and important. Firstly, I feel that my PowerPoint was very vital in driving home the point that I was trying to get across to the audience.

Also try to not sound so panicked and nervous because I really don't like public speaking. As I was speaking the while time I was trying to use my self right in order to get the audience to pay attention and really get interested. I would use facial expressions to show them how i felt about and get a feeling for my emotions. I would keep a good tone of voice by using different tines of voices to not sound boring and monotone and also to set the mood of where I was going.

The first essential of persuasion involves the structure of the argument being posed by one who is trying to provoke others to action. In order to convince someone of a new argument, idea or moral, one must use the proper methods: logos, ethos and pathos. According to Hauser, “The method

Logos are the facts that speak (Personification) to us and help us more clearly understand a topic. With very solid and true evidence people cannot deny a fact therefore logic can be very helpful when persuading someone, which is something we do everyday. C. Last I will describe ethos. Although I have told you that logos and pathos are the most important that does not mean that ethos is not important, it is crucial to the modes of persuasion.

What have you learned from the process of developing and giving this speech? How can you build on this experience and improve before your next speech?

In my informative speech one of my strengths is my transitions between main points in the speech. In my speech they connected each main thought together. I also believe that my transitions linked all the thoughts together to form a time line. Another strength I have in my informative speech is my opening line. I believe my opening line made an impact on my audience.

I have learned to project my voice better, while maintaining a firm position. These things have help me focus more on giving the speech than worrying about myself. I still need to work on calming myself down during my speech. I will be able to do this by collecting my thoughts beforehand and remind myself that I know my topic. I am giving the speech to let people know what I know about my topic.

This really helped me to find my confidence and taught me how to get rid of the nerves that comes with public speaking. There is always room to improve and through the speech classes I took throughout high school I feel like I improved in my speaking skills. One of my strengths is being good at preparation. Preparation is a very important factor in making a good speech. Knowing your audience, your topic, and knowing how to organize a speech properly is something I find to be a strength. Another strength of mine that I previously stated is knowing how to get through any nerves that I have. My weaknesses of public speaking include my newly developed stutter, talking too fast, and not speaking super clearly. With speeches I am much better at putting the speech together rather than actually giving

This paper will go over the three main goals I would like to achieve in my public speaking career. My first goal is to improve upon the structure of my speeches to ensure that the topics that I discuss are in an order that will make sense to the audience. My second main goal I have for improving my public speaking skills is to improve on my confidence before, during, and after my speech. Finally, my last goal is to raise my delivery skills when I am giving my speech to assure the audience that I am confident and that I am a credible person. Together, these goals will help improve my public speaking skills.

For as long as I can remember, public speaking has always been one of my greatest weaknesses. Whether it’s a simple in-class presentation or a speech in front of an auditorium filled with people, I can barely get my words out from the anxiety and