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Well okay, I'm trying to go back in time to think of a time when I tried to persuade someone to do something. I tried and am trying to get my boyfriend to quit smoking. He isn't necessarily addicted to the stuff, at least I don't think he is, but he does it every so often, and I wanted/want him to stop. I had learned about nicotine in my bio class about a month ago and so I had an abundance of facts, simple yet effective facts which will make a person think twice. I used the notes from class, I memorized everything there was to know about cigarettes, and I told him all about it. I told him all about the risks of cancer in almost every part of the body, how it affects the teeth, all that bad stuff. I think it was somewhat effective because he kind of looked at me kind of with this disgusted face, he had already known of some of the effects, but I went way deeper. He really has cut down on them,which is a really good thing. :)

-Jeter!

Concept

The concept that I personally found the most useful and interesting was the section about persuading different types of audiences. The types of audiences are: divided, uniformed, apatheric, negative, and positive. Each of these audiences can be described in a different way. For example, a divided audience can be described as half of the audience being favorable towards something, and the other half being unfavorable; hence, the term “divided.” An apathetic audience is exactly what apathetic means! Apathetic means “showing or feeling no interest.” The audience has no such interest in the topic so the speaker has to really try and get their attention and get them interested in it. A positive audience holds a favorable view, it’s atmosphere is very positive, easy to go along with. A negative audience is the opposite of a positive audience, it holds an unfavorable view, against the topic so to speak. Lastly is the uniformed audience. The uniformed audience is an audience with no such opinion. In this occasion, the audience can try and persuade their audience by using repetition and something called redundancy. Redundancy , as you may or may not know, means the state of being no longer needed or useful. So in this case, lets say the speaker is trying to get the audience to put a stop to something because it is not useful. Well this section was super useful because now I know what types of audiences are out there and will plan my speech a whole lot better. :)

-Jeter!

Sea of Persuasion

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I think that everyone is surrounded by a huge sea of persuasion almost every single minute of their lives, whether it be online ads,websites, magazines in a gas station, television commercials, etc. Your own friends and family can persuade you to do something. For example, they can persuade you from something like to stop smoking to something like telling you to buy this or that. You can see people around campus at SJSU handing out papers for events or even hear people yelling stuff out. For example, the other day I was walking and I heard this girl say something outloud, something about donating your used prom dress to give them to students from the bay area that cannot afford one this year. All of this sea of persuasion can either persuade you to do something good and that is necessary or make you do something that is unnecessary and not needed. One can be a more critical consumer by simply saying no to some ads. You don’t need to buy the pair of latest shoes,clothes,etc. that is a choice, but not necessarily a necessity. One just has to think about what is a necessity.

-Jeter!

Next Speech! (actuative)

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Well my main points for my next speech, the actuative speech are the following: The

negative effects of the use of steroids and how we should get rid of them,the satisfaction of fans with steroid users (athletes) , and how society is affected by steroid users. I will be including the "need", the "satisfaction", and the "visualization." For my first point, the negative effects of the use of steroids,I will talk about the need for getting rid of steroids. For my second main point, I will be talking about the satisfaction of getting steroid users, in this case athletes to not use steroids; hence, fans will be satisfied with athletes outcomes. Lastly, for the visualization part, I will be talking about how society will look down upon steroid users (in this case,athletes) if they continue to do so.

-Jeter!

Chapter 12 Concept

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So for this blog I wanted to write about the concept about managing one's voice during a speech. I felt that this one was very pivotal, especially for me! While reading, I came along some points. When making a speech, one should never, I mean never, speak in monotone because it will most likely get the audience bored and space out. One never wants to speak to low or too high, too low will make the audience have to try and figure out what the heck someone is saying, and they shouldn't even have to try, they should just be able to listen perfectly. Likewise, one should not be squirming in their seat because the speaker is speaking too loud, that is no good. Lastly, one should most definitely not use fillers, because that just makes the audience think that the speaker has nothing else to say, trust me, been there, done that. :)

-Jeter!

F L I C K R.

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I thought it was quite fun reading other people's comments on a discussion about sexist language on Flickr. I personally do not find anything wrong with calling a person a woman,man,girl,boy,child, etc. Then again, you should use those words cautiously. For example, I wouldn't call a man a boy if you can obviously tell that the man is a man. Sometimes I'l call my friends "kids," and I don't necessarily mean it, some of them ask, "kid?" and I just start laughing and say that I say that to a lot of people, its just a common word I use towards friends. Just as stated in the book, a certain gender can look at a phrase differently from the opposite sex. Not all people care for the language when it comes to sexist language. If the language were to involve something that the person were to truly care about, well then, thats something different.

-Jeter!

Speech Buddies!

While watching the videos for this week, I learned several things which I think I can incorporate with my next speech. In one of the videos, Erin talks about the correct way to use language in your speech so that it can be effective for the audience. Anthony speaks about involving the audience with your language, in other words, engaging the audience with language. He gives a good amount of pronouns which if said, will allow the audience to feel a tad bit more connected with one's speech. One can start out their attention getter with humor, but just do it the correct way so that no one gets offended. You do not always want to speak so low, you want to change it up a bit, that way, the audience will not get bored and will pay more attention. I guess for my next video I will try to change my tone and try to get my speech more connected with the audience.

-Jeter!

Self Evauluation

Hey there!

Well my informational speech was about the Complexity of Student Aid. I think I was able to achieve the purpose of my speech. The purpose of my speech was to inform the audience about the complexity of student aid, and I think I did just that. I believe that I did much more better for this past speech then in the first speech. For this second speech, I felt a whole lot more confident and was not as nervous.

For this speech, I noticed that I did not have to look all that much at my notecards, I'm guessing this is so because I practiced so much this time around. Also because I payed attention to the chapters from the speech book. The book gives a lot of tips on how to relax yourself and let you not be as nervous for future speeches. I think next time I need to try and not look at the media, in this case, the powerpoint as much, because it distracts me and it seems as though I am ignoring the audience which is something that I do not want to do. Even though this time around I did not have to look at my notecards as much, I still did, and I think this happened because instead of writing little bullets with one or two word phrases, I wrote out some of the stuff. If I keep writing phrases on the notecards, then I will more then likely tend to look down and read from there, but in this speech, I sort of stopped myself, or at least, tried to stop myself from doing so.

At one point, I had to read from the notecards to pronounce the name of a book that I used as one of my sources, I think I only said one source,I had 3 other sources but I forgot to say them. I tried not to use fillers, it's very difficult because I don't really think a person realizes they are using fillers, at least I know I don't, I use them all the time and I don't even realize it.

For my next speech, I plan to practice more, because of course, "Practice makes perfect."

or so I think. I am going to try and not memorize so many things because I do not want my speech to sound as if I was rehearsing a script. I want it to come out more smoothly.

On my next speech, I plan to have somewhat better transitions and give more closure to the conclusion, not just keep it short. I am also going to try and relax a bit more because I tend to move around a whole lot without even noticing it.

In sum, I think that this past speech was much, much more better then my last, and I think it was because I practiced several times this time. I also practiced in front of a group of my friends, and I believe that helped out a lot. For this speech, I think I'd give myself maybe a B-, it was good, but not the best,and I know I can do better then that. :)

I was really proud of myself because I made it within 5-6 minutes!

-JETER!

Chapter 11 concept

The most useful concept I found was the "Practice With Your Media," concept and the "Speak To Your Audience,Not Your Media," concept. I think these are extremely important because I tend to look at the screen or at my cars. You must improvise incase something goes wrong with the technology. For example, you can always use a chalkboard/white board and when presenting by using a visual such as a powerpoint, one should always bring backup, such as overhead transparencies with key images or graphics as stated in the book. When looking too much at your media, the audience feels ignored, and that is a bad feeling. They may feel as if they should ignore the speech since the speaker seems to not be paying attention to them. I found these two concepts the most important and most useful because I sometimes have problems focusing to much on my media.

-jeter!