Analyzing Ruby Infante's Speech

To keep things simple, people simply want to be heard, and they will do anything in order for their audience to listen. There are various ways in which the speaker would gain the right to be heard. Former Governor of Louisiana, Kathleen Blanco, uses various forms to obtain attention from her audience as she addresses the Louisiana Legislator on Hurricane Katrina where she not only discusses the effects of the hurricane but also acknowledges the people who have helped out so far.

Criticising others takes a great deal of courage, especially when this criticism could reflect upon one’s own work. However, in the introduction of her speech to the Women’s National Press Club, Clare Booth Luce utilizes changes in tone, humor, while appealing to ethos, and pathos to prepare her audience for the impending criticism.

In 1588, Queen Elizabeth I of England uses the first person point of view to deliver a speech to her troops during an invasion from Spain. The purpose of this speech is to make the troops to have faith in wining the war. In order to achieve this purpose, Queen Elizabeth I uses diction and specific sentence structure in her speech.

In the speech, Equal Rights for Women by Shirley Chisholm, main rhetor in the speech. She is the first African American woman to be elected to Congress. She is part of the House Representative in Washington D.C, from May 21, 1969, to 1983. She entered the primaries for the Democratic nomination for the presidency in 1972. Chisholm purpose is to fight for equal rights for all citizens, most specifically women. She wants to help as an advocate by providing more opportunities for women and encouraging women to do different men work field, other than just working as a secretary, teacher, librarian, or to just be a household woman. She wants to eliminate discrimination; prejudiced on the political view of

I am going to compare two very important speeches, in my opinion. Emma Watson’s was on the HeForShe Campaign and Malala Yousafzai’s promoting education for girls.

First, I will be evaluating Russell's speech based on preparation. Overall, I believe Russell was prepared. However, I believe she perhaps could have practiced more. She had an ideal opening to her speech which encaptured the audience. I found it interesting that Russell started out her speech by a change of wardrobe. While this is an odd gesture to do during a speech, I believe it caught the audience's attention. Russell was clear in her general idea statement which summarized the context of what her speech was about. Her general idea statement stated she was a model, a pretty white-woman, as well as a sexy woman. After this statement, she used questions and facts to inform the audience of how these characteristics have affected her as well

The late and well established Nora Ephron was known for her work as a filmmaker/writer. Nora Ephron was also a strong advocate for women and was seen as a role model to young ladies as proven when she was chosen to conduct the commencement speech for the Wesley graduate class of 1996. Ephron was not the ideal Wesley student which is shown in her speech with sarcasm and small jokes. However, this helped set the tone and did not diminish the level of effectiveness in the speech. The speaker was able to create a bond with the women in the seats, as she once was in their same position with the same ambition and worries of the life beyond college. Inspiration and motivation is what helps the speech progress and leave an impact on the audience.

The session that I attended was Dolores Huerta speech, which was very interesting. Dolores Huerta was born on April 10, 1930, she is a labor leader and civil rights activist who, along with Cesar Chavez, co-founded the national Farmworkers association, which later became the United Farm Workers (UFW). Huerta has received numerous awards for her community service and advocacy for workers, immigrants, and women’s rights. She is truly a leader, working tirelessly to help the poor and women and children. She talks about war, genocide, Mass incarceration, and poverty. During her participation in non-violent protest she was arrested 22 times trying to make changes in society. Her main question was what can we do as people to solve things in the

We had a different speaker every night, each talking about different values and how they expect to see us in leadership positions in about 20 years. Jay Nixon is probably my most memorable speaker because he had a lot of stories that talked about the lessons he learned in his life and his political career.

Barbara Bush gave a speech unlike any other, a speech to an audience that had gone as far as to protest her even coming to speak to the point where her husband the President of the United States had to stand up for her (Eidenmuller). A speech that combined the use of Aristotle's Ethos, Pathos, and Logos in such a manner that each aspect grew the next. As one aspect developed in her speech it boosted the other up as well, allowing her to come from behind and present the True American Dream - the individual's personal dream. To an audience that despite her individual accomplishments looked down on her because of her Title First Lady.

Ruth did not have much public speaking experience until she went to college, since her high school did not offer a speech course. In college, she dreaded taking her public speaking course and pushed it off as long as possible, but once she finally took the course, she believed that it was helpful. Specifically, she thinks it helped her overcome her

I love hearing people speak and hear different perspectives on certain topics. I think everyone did an amazing job and Donna Murch was a very good speaker and her speech was very informative. After sitting at home it took a while for me to think about how this event could relate to something we talked about in class, but then it hit me. Framing and agenda setting happen around us all day every day and we just don’t notice it. This whole event was based on civil rights then and now and what Donna chose to tell us was her agenda and she was setting the frame for her information so she could leave us with what she wanted us to take away from this whole experience. Framing the civil rights as the struggles we had still aren't gone and showing us the similarities of then and now really help people to see that we still have problems and things haven't changed like we thought. Learning about framing and agenda setting really opened up my mind and has me seeing things for what they really are now and I enjoy applying those concepts to such a powerful event that

4. What did the speaker do that was particularly effective in terms of at least two concepts from the above list? Please be specific and use examples from the speech to demonstrate your points.

"People are in love with the oceans" (Dean Moore, 15:30). That was one point Kathleen Dean Moore presented along with some other very interesting points in her speech at the 2012 Nobel Conference.   The points she presented went along with what was learned in Chemistry 100 and its Learning Outcomes of the Environmental Responsibility.   She provided well thought metaphors of what we are doing to Earth and what could happen.

J.K. Rowling, famous for writing the Harry Potter series, presented her commencement speech to Harvard on June of 2008. She had people from graduates to non-graduates gather before her. She gave an inspiring speech on the “importance of imagination” and “benefits of failure” (Rowling). She describes her main points effectively to the audience by using strategies such as ethos, logos, and pathos as well as tone.