Please complete the following steps for your discussion post and response.
Watch the video.
Watch Video
Bob’s Failure of a Persuasive Speech
User: n/a – Added: 4/12/11
YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f8ZWCQQDic
Estimated time to complete: 12 minutes
Evaluate the speech by answering these questions:
1. Audience: What was the speaker’s target audience? How do you know?
2. Introduction: Identify the speaker’s attention getter, topic, and thesis. Did the attention getter grab your interest? Why or why not? What was the speaker’s thesis or central idea?
3. Body: What pattern of organization did the speaker use? What types of persuasion did the speaker use? Were they effective? Why or why not?
4. Conclusion: Did the speaker end strongly? Why or why not?
5. Presentation Aids: How did the speaker use presentation aids?
6. Delivery: Was the delivery of the speech effective? Why or why not?
