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Persuasive Speech On Over-Consumption
My major is earth and environmental studies, and I really care about some problems related to human and environment. To be honestly, I decided to choose “Over-consumption” to my persuasive speech topic as early as in the beginning of this semester. I felt I had responsibility to tell people the truth of the over-consumption and persuaded them to stop this bad situation, after I watched Greenpeace activist Annie Leonard’s video “story of stuff”. At the first time, I hesitantly think that this problem tends to accuse the waste behavior of Americans. However, my friends encouraged me, and they said American also want to listen the sound of developing country. We live in one earth, and we all have responsibility to protect and solve the harmful …show more content…
I was touched. My investment was worthwhile, and they were listening it. In this speech, I thought that I did well in these several areas: Firstly, I still was proud of my PowerPoint. The strong visual aids were very powerful. For example, when I compared with two boys’ life, it clearly showed the difference between the developed and developing countries, and could influence audiences’ emotion. This was a way of pathos which I learned from class. Secondly, I also still clearly and logically focused on topic. I previewed my main points and thesis in the beginning of my speech and repeated these in my conclusion. Compared with last speech, I felt I have improved in these areas: first of all, I tried to keep eye contact with my audience, and thought some related points, and get their attentions. For example, I used the hottest and nearest news like Black Friday crazy shopping to provide relevance to audience. Moreover, my transitions were more fluent and connect to contents than last speech. In addition, I found reliable resources from ASU library or other authoritative references such as World Bank databases and the executive director of Greenpeace. Fourthly, I control and adjust the number of my words in speech draft according to my speech rate in order to finish on time. Finally, I practiced more times and clearly remembered my organization, so I felt more
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