concept: Inductive Reasoning

Inductive reasoning is reasoning that we all use to go from the specific to the general. For example, If I listen to a song and say that it's good I use inductive reasoning to say that other songs from the same band must also be good. Inductive reasoning is best used with a lot of concrete examples and facts. Using the facts will help support your claim since you making a more logical thinking pattern since you don't actually know if other songs from the same band are actually good. So convincing your audience that they are will take some facts to support your claim so audience members can better view your concept and support it. This is why inductive reasoning is also called "reasoning by example," because your giving examples to support your reasoning so that audience members get a better grasp of what your talking about and are more likely to be convinced.

Reasoning used to persuade others

Since my speech is about myplate I think I’m going to use inductive reasoning. Inductive reasoning is about going from the very specific to the general and I think if I was going to do a speech about myplate I would have to talk about my specific problem  of my plate and how effects the country as a whole in general. BY appealing by logic and reasoning with inductive reasoning I am able to make the audience visualize what will happen if they do no implement what I say and do. Inductive reasoning is also called “reasoning by example,” which is why I think it’s effective to give an image to people’s minds about what will happen if they don’t follow through with my plan. According to the book, “researching is the best way is the best way to know about the true cause of events and by using the supporting evidence to back up your claim will make you present a stronger argument.” It seems that getting your facts in an order that makes since will help you deliver your speech and make it much stronger.

Speech Buddies Ch.15

The buddies really did a good job on their organization of the speech and I can tell the intro from the main points from the conclusion. I thought the guy who did the cons of homeschooling sounded a little choppy, like a computer was doing the speech, and asked to many questions in the beginning (though I can understand from him that questions is an effective way to get the audiences attention). The first girl I thought did her speech really well. The other thing I noticed is that the speech is always going to have holes and there's somethings that the girl covered like bullying and some things the guy covered like parenting and that you can't expect to explain everything during your speech. So I guess we'll all have to choose what we think is most effective for someone to be persuaded that what were saying is right. I think they both appealed towards logos or logical proof by using alot of examples and facts.

Ch 14 question of value

I chose to write about question of value because I think it could relate to my topic. Question of value is "a question that asks for a subjective evaluation of something's worth, significance, quality, or condition." Since my topic is how Myplate is not a very effective food guide I think it questions the quality of the design and its overall worth. I would be questioning why it's not an effective guide based off what it is missing. It will not be a problem solution but it's asking the audience if this is really what you want the government diet base to be this way. That is why I think it's a question of value because its subjective and ask the audience if they really think it's quality is all that great.

Topic Monroe’s Motivated Sequence VS Problem Solution Pattern

Well Monroe’s motivated sequence is to get your audience enthusiastic about your subject and get them to be enthusiastic about the solution, where Problem solution pattern is more like explaining a problem and showing them the solution and getting them to join your cause. They are both are very similar but Monroe’s sequence is more of a cause or idea to react to and problem solution is a real problem not just an idea that can be solved. Since my speech is about the cons of the governments myplate guide I think I’m going to go with Monroe’s motivated sequence since I don’t want to implement a solution to create a new government standard because I don’t think I can study up enough to know what a new myplate design would look like but to get the audience informed and to show that myplate is not a good template to base your meals off of and the what the real diet should look like. Just correct me if I’m wrong about the definitions of Monroe’s motivated sequence or problem solving but this is just what my interpretation was. 

Immersed in a sea of Persuasion

Being persuasive is not one of my strongest traits. Actually today I went to Denios (a farmers market) and I was going to buy some oranges.  So I went up to a stand and was looking at their price for oranges and the seller ask me if I wanted 10 pounds of oranges because it was cheaper and started bagging the oranges without my response. Some reason I couldn’t say “no, I I’m still oranges” because he had his best interest in helping me get the best price. So I thought that was very persuasive of him. He got what he wanted and I got what I wanted, but he did it in the way that didn’t make me feel bad and that’s what I think a persuasive speech should be. Other encounters of persuasion would be all those messed up T.V. adds for children. I know that when I was a child I was like “oh cool GAK!” now I just look at it like its just putty. So I guess to be a more critical consumer you have to use all your knowledge and logic to figure out what the seller is not saying about the product and what they told you about it. Then just piece it together and figure out if it’s worth buying or not. As for becoming a more persuasive messenger, I just try not to stumble on my words and be confident and have the best interest of the audience in mind.

Ch 10 and 12 speech buddies

                Chapter 10 was all about using audience centered language. I think you can connect your audience centered language by choosing an audience centered topic like we’ve all been taught to already. By choosing a topic that can relate to the audience we should be already using the language that tells the audience why your speech is important to them. The key idea is the path that you choose to do that. Like in the video the guy gave a few examples on how to connect with your audience. A few being humor, using pronouns (I, we ,us), similes, metaphors, something used to visualize your points, ect…

                Chapter 12 I’d like to write a little about a tip that my teacher gave me about the volume and tone of your voice when giving me speech. She told us that it should like a roller coaster and to practice this repeat the phrase “Ding Dong, King Kong, Bing Bong” so we get use moving our voices up and down and not so monotone.  The other part that I liked about the speech buddies is that the girl said that you should be trying to give the best version of your speech and that it won’t be the same every time.  I use to think that your outline was what you had to say to get an “A” but really you just go with what you know.

Ch. 10 Immediate Versus Distant

There are several differences that the spoken versus the written language will differ. One is the immediate versus the distant. The immediate refers to public speaking where you will receive an immediate reaction from the audience and the distance where you will experience no reaction from the audience reading your work from a distance.

                The immediacy affects the language we use for an audience so we should put them to consideration. One, is that the listeners will provide feedback immediately and based on their feedback you receive you can plan your next choice of words. Secondly, public speaking involves using all the senses so you have ability to connect more with the audience to what you’re talking about.  Thirdly, you can address the setting and the people who are there. If their reading a book the author can’t say, “well you look fine in that hat,” but as a public speaker you can take advantage of addressing the audience and making them feel that their important for coming and listening instead of ignoring them. 

Response to Flickr Blog

People on the blog seem to be taking all sorts of different sides. I mostly agree with the book that nonsexist language is the best language to use in a speech. Everyone has a different opinion like in the flickr blog some say that they don’t mind and some say that some language is sexist compared to the word used for the male counterpart. I agree with both we all develop the English language a little differently than others. For instance, a lot of us has heard someone used the word stud but do those people actually know that the word is for a strong male horse used to breed with the other horses. Some of us develop using these words without knowing the actual meaning and so they become part of our common language but not for us all. This is why some language could be considered sexist to some and not to others because their use to it. Using nonsexist language would be ideal because it doesn’t hurt both sides of the party. I still agree that women usually get the worse of the name calling though.