Public Argument Analysis

Another rhetorical strategy that was very effective for Friedman but was ineffective in Snyder’s argument is tone. Choosing words and examples carefully for tone is important when attempting to persuade because tone indicates the writer’s attitude towards his subject or audience. In Timothy Snyder’s, “Why Laptops in Class Are Distracting America’s

2) An argument should be focused on winning over an audience rather than beating them

Audience analysis is described as the process of examining information about your listeners. Then using that analysis helps you adapt your message so that your listeners will respond as you wish (Steven A. and Susan J. Beebe, 2015). It is highly important to read your audience when presenting a speech, the first thing I noticed about my classroom audience was everyone has a good sense of humor and were open minded as to what they might be hearing. In this paper I will be analyzing my classroom audience and describing how they might react to my speeches and what is the best way to present my speeches. I will discuss the differences between each person and how their views will shape my speeches as a whole because ultimately I must appeal to my audience.

The first chapter introduced the reader to the art of rhetoric. He describes how rhetoric works through real life examples. He demonstrates ways that rhetoric persuades us like, argument from strength, and seduction. He tells the reader that the sole purpose of arguing is to persuade the audience. He showed that the chief purpose of arguing is to also achieve consensus, a shared faith in a choice.

What arguments or levers can you use to influence those who disagree with you? What is your most powerful and persuasive response to the reasons and rationalizations you need to

In this article titled “Analyzing Arguments: Those You Read and Those You Write” goes over multiple strategies and examples to help you analyze the meaning and purpose of a specific argument and how to strengthen your own.

persuasive throughout and used rhetorical devices such as the rule of three, which was used to put

Audience: what argument can you make about the way the beliefs and values, demographics, or shared experience of the audience shaped the speech?

Storytelling: Stories allow people to persuade themselves. A story will lower a prospect’s resistance, make complicated things easier to understand, and perk up their emotions.

We use rhetoric every day without even realizing it. Correctly using rhetoric on a specific group of people can drastically increase an arguments’ strength. Benjamin R. Barber wrote an article conveying his research on the failing school systems in the U.S titled America Skips School published in Harper’s Magazine. Barber uses rhetorical elements like ethos, pathos, and logos to build his argument. He establishes his credibility and then emotionally connects with his audience and explains who and what is to blame for the lack of quality education in America. Once he establishes a solid connection using these

2. Is the audience interested in my topic? If not, you will have to show them why the information you are sharing has relevance in their lives.

Presentations should reflect a careful analysis of audience interest and be relevant. Presentations should also reflect the theory we

I can display my visual argument in different channels. For instance, If I add some changes I can display it on TV as a short cartoon film, also, I can display it as a poster in the public area. And to make it more efficient I can display it in social media for a social media user, or I can display it in the newspaper because old people always read the newspaper.

The intended audience for the presentation is identified and their level of understanding of the presentation topic is assessed

different types of audiences. Also, I am going to let others try to help me out