I attended John Edwin May’s speech about wrestling. I was excited to attend this speech, because growing up I idolized many of the wrestlers on television. I was expecting to learn some new and interesting facts. Sadly there was nothing spectacular about this speech, at least nothing I did not already know. Although he did have some interesting stories, I felt like he could have been better organized, used his power point for us not himself, and used better eye contact.
The speaker did not use an attention grabber; he introduced himself and began to speak his topic. Although, he did finally use one, about ten minutes into his speech. If he would have started his speech with this brilliant idea and setup, I believe this would have helped him deliver his speech a little easier. However, the lack of an attention grabber did not ruin his speech but would have truly helped. In the handbook, it goes over attention-getter. An attention-getter should be short and sweet, and make an attempt to easily capture your audience’s attention, and to keep it simple so you are not to overwhelm your audience. (179)
The speaker used going to the theatres and playing video games as a way to connect it to wrestling. Saying that movies and video games are fake, but people are willing to spend their time and money on watching and participating in those events, but continuously say they will not go watch wrestling, because it is fake and scripted. I tend to agree with his point of view, but I also believe it is because people grow out of wrestling and discover that their childhood hero is a hoax. I cannot say that his topic was an ill choice, because I decided to go to this speech, but I do believe he could have made it more relevant to the masses. (6...
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...eat, it ended the speech on a high note and helped me remember more material from the speech itself. Still in the conclusion, he did not revisit any previous points. A conclusion should tie everything together for the listeners and help the audience remember the main points to a speech. An audience typically remembers the last thing they hear, so you want to make that memorable as you can.
I truly enjoyed Mr. May’s speech even though it did not follow anything that I have learned in speech class thus far. It was very entertaining and interesting. I especially enjoyed the photos, and being able to talk to a wrestler after the speech was finished. I spoke to Bradley Kirkland a local wrestler and according to him, “Wrestling isn’t fake, because you still take a risk of being injured.” Throughout Mr. May's speech he continuously restated that, "Wrestling is not fake."
of a Marine.’ Etc. & etc. At the time it seemed to me a very good speech,
It is really odd to make a comparison about this three, but there is a lot to say about it. He says that professional wrestling is completely different than boxing by seeing professional wrestling as a spectacle where you know what the result is going to be because the outcome is preordained. Professional wrestling have the evil character threatening the good character and he beats him until the point the good character rises up to have his revenge and win the match. In the other hand boxing is completely different because you never know who is going to win the match. It is just like what presidents do where they compete for power and policy with others, where the outcomes are uncertain. The presidency is presented by the White House the same way as professional wrestling does by putting a main character supported by its team engaging in debates with immoral or dangerous
Doing so, he had the citizens of America think of how the government is violating their rights and making them oppose against the government. He created rhetorical devices like: the appeal to logic, appeal to emotion, and juxtaposition. Giving the rhetorical technique to have people believe that the government has been taking away all of their rights has been an effective outcome because it was encouraging citizens to think that they’re better off with a smaller and less powerful government. The speech he constructed in all was an impactful speech to the people of America because the way he handles his words to have America think they’re making the country a better place, but slowly making the government become a capitalist
Her slow yet concise way of speaking, coupled with easy to follow transitions allowed for a speech that was enjoyable to listen to. Her use of examples from her personal life allowed her audience to get a picture of who she was if they did not know, and allowed her to better relate to them by provided examples of how she is related to the college they are graduating from. Her reference to many modern political problems allowed her to bring up her important role as an activist and facilitated further understanding from the audience. While some areas of her speech were weak, such as the longer than needed pauses and her lack of consistent eye contact, to a few points where she didn’t speak clearly enough, the overall picture that was her speech was fairly strong. Looking at this speech, I hope to incorporate some aspects that I failed to include in my previous speeches. Some of these include her use of hand gestures to emphasize and exaggerate certain phrases and topics, and her combined use of appeals. While my initial thoughts going in were “This is boring” and “This is too slow”, it evolved into me wanting to hear more, and overall my defeat in the beginning turned into a victory at the
The language used in the speech mostly was flawless and applicable to the audience, who was the public, since he was using every day vocabulary. Therefore, the speech has had strong structure that can be easily understood by the majority of people. The audience typic...
Time to point out the obvious: pro-wrestling is not a sport. Why? Because pro-wrestling involves no sport[ing]. Wrestlers do not show up to work every day trying to do all they can to win; they show up to work trying to do all they can to do their job, which is entertain the fans. However, this line of thinking often leads to another conclusion: If pro wrestling is not a sport, then wrestlers are not athletes. This could not be further from the truth. What pro wrestlers do in the ring day in and day out may not be sport, but it is athletic activity on the most demanding level. It is high time that the men and women who work harder than any other professional athletes got a little respect.
I’ve recently become a huge fan of pro wrestling, if only ironically. The melodramatic promos, the ridiculous moves, the muscular men few Divas that don’t make my penis retract into my body. They’re all reasons why I love pro wrestling… at least, I did for a while…
Attention Getter: Imagine going on a trip to a foreign country and you do not know anyone and you know little to none of their language. When you arrive at the airport and you see a man standing there holding a sign with your name on it. You decide he seems friendly enough to go with him because you do not know anyone at this point and will be lucky to find your way out of the airport. You reach the parking lot and all of a sudden there is an intense pain in your head and you blackout.
Eidenmuller, Michael E. Great Speeches for Better Speaking: Listen and Learn From America’s Most Memorable Speeches. New York: Mcgraw Hill, 2008. Google Books. Web. 4 September 2010.
seemed to enjoy the speech. Homer Hickam mostly talked about his book Rocket Boys from
Americans have become addicted to gaining quick rewards of satisfaction through sports and action because they want to be entertained thoroughly without needing to ponder any hidden meaning so it doesn’t take away from the pure entertainment of the action. In his time, Bradbury was fearful of the way that the television’s empty shows were in invading every home in America. The culture in the novel demands for “everything (to be boiled) down to the rag, the snap ending” (Bradbury 52), leaving nothing for the viewer to ponder; they would rather enjoy themselves “a solid entertainment” (Bradbury 58). The same is true in today’s movies and shows, in which most must contain many action scenes in order to keep the viewer’s attention, and the meaning and symbols must be clearly spelled out for them. This is also why Bradbury includes sports as being the main focus of schools in his story, since th...
However, there are some things that McRaven could have done better in his speech. First of all, he could have used hand gestures to help him convey his message better. Second, McRaven reads from a paper on the podium for about one-third of the time of the duration of his speech. For the rest of the time, he makes eye contact with the audience, which is essential to make a connection with the audience. Finally, McRaven should not have been licking his lips so often because it can be distracting for some people. Despite all of this, he delivers his speech clearly, which is what matters the
Bush’s method of topic by topic argument along with many emotional appeals was a rather effective way of winning the audience’s support. By appealing to the emotions of the audience Bush was able to give the audience issues they could relate to as well as issues they would feel strongly about. With an emotionally involved audience Bush was able to gather a great number of supporters of his party, just as he intended in his original purpose. The further reference to the character of the people involved in the issues really paid off by drawing the crowd closer to the people working for them. With the topical structure and the appeals used, the speech was a very effective tool in gaining support for the Republican Party from the northern Arizonan audience.
Wrestling is more than just a sport; it is a way of life. And for those who enjoy its opportunities, it is something that takes the mind off of all of life’s troubling times, and puts one man against another to get their hand raised. Competition makes everything evolve, and there is no other sport that epitomizes what competition truly is. Wrestling spans the entire globe, and although it incorporates several different styles and many National and World events, remains overlooked by most.
Overall, Amy Cuddy gave an effective speech on her topic of the importance of body language. Amy Cuddy achieve the goal of an effective speech by her delivery of the topic, her credibility on the subject, and how she kept the audience engage. In order for a person to give an effect speech they should really look into on how Amy Cuddy gave her