Win Pratt - Self Reflection I feel like I did an overall good job on this speech. Unfortunately, I waited until the last minute to print out my handouts, and didn't get them in time. So obviously my speech lacked those. I do, however, feel that I did a fine job of illustrating the why it was important for consumers to refrain from pirating music, and how this would effect the industry and consumers alike. I think the processes which I discussed are easy enough to be followed, and that I was pretty vivid. I tried to interact as much as possible with the audience and keep them tuned in. I feel like I had their attention the majority of the time. I do feel like I may have been a bit redundant. Posted by jwpratt ( Apr 28 2008, 05:51:07 PM EDT ) Permalink Comments [0]

Win Pratt Peer Reviews Courtney: This was a good speech. She clearly told the audience why there was a big problem with pollution, and why we needed to take action. She was then able to use this to convince us of the need to cut back on pollution. Her speech, along with her handout encouraged the audience to take action by cutting back on the use of cars. She used good inflection across her speech to keep the audience captivated and attentive. The only thing was that there wasn't much eye contact. Brandee: Brandee's speech was also well done. She hit the audience with the need of safety in her intro, to grab our attention. She made it obvious that this was an issue that impacted the audience. Although she also didn't have great eye-contact or interaction with the audience, she still kept our attention with her tone and use of maxims like "Use it or lose it." The actions that she called us to were pretty simple, for the most part, and easy for the audience to carry out. Posted by jwpratt ( Apr 28 2008, 05:41:34 PM EDT ) Permalink Comments [0]

Seth Norris-Self Reflection

Self Reflection

     I felt in my call to action speech i made a clear point that action was needed for conservation. I proposed that supporting Ducks Unlimited would definately be a small step towards making our way towards a better place. My persuasive tactics was to describe what the problem is and how and to what extent that the problem seems to be exceeding too. I used a statement from the wildlife conservation association. Which basically said that one person can make a difference. Also I believe that I did make a connection with the audience and that they had a good understanding of what was going on. 

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Seth Norris-Self Reflection

Self-Reflection

     In my persuasive speech i felt that i made my arguments pretty clear, but the audience may have not had a clear understanding of the topic i proposed. I believe that i could have gave less supporting evidence of Ducks Unlimited and used clearer evidence towards wetland conservation and the need. Using more statistics may have helped with understanding and getting the point to the audience. I used much evidence in describing the urbanization of much of the wetlands. Most contractors and developers would definately have an opposition to this. I think that the persuasive strategies i used maybe could have been stronger as to help in weakening committment. I used the strategy of describing what it would be like if everyone gave their help and support and the differences that it would make.

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Seth Norris-Tony Wahula Peer Review

Reviewer-Seth Norris

Reviewed-Tony Wahula

     Tony made his point very clear and let us know that there was a need for an action against this.  His proposal was very specific in asking us to make an effort not to fall into the system of sports gambling. He used clear arugmentation and evidence about his topic. Especially when he was refering to the points shaving that many college athletes seem to be fallin into causing the difference in wins and losses.

Reviewer-Seth Norris

Reviewed-Tyler Lassiter

     Tyler started off his speech very strong with support against abortions and the need to stop them. He explained his problem very well and what could be done.  He used statistics and supporting evidence to provide a convincing statement. He directly used good supporting evidence by refering to how the great athletes and people might possibly be being killed by abortions and never to be seen.  He used clarity very well for providing his main point.

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Jeremy Bartucca - Seth and Tyler

Seth - Protect Wetlands

1. very well, in the intro the speaker quickly got to the point and stated the need well

2. described what could be done but did not specifically say, you should do this

3. the speaker used these strategies well, especially in his description of the problems in wetlands

4. "strip a native forest"

5. vividness was used well, the speaker also used pauses very well

6. the speaker obviously cared about his subject and had a forceful delivery, he energized the audience well

Tyler - Anti-Abortion

1. the speaker was clear that there is a need for action against abortion

2. the actions were specific

3. the speaker used specific examples and generalization well

4. "out of these statistics how many lives could you have saved?"

5. the speaker used clarity especially well

6. the speaker's style energized the audience well

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Jeremy Bartucca - No make-up - Call to action

1. I thought that I illustated my need very clearly

2. My actions were very specific and the audience had a good sense of what they could do and how they could do it

3. I used persuasive strategies well, I used a peer reviewed source to help back up my claim and I appealed to my audience's logic

4. The words I used that spoke most to my audience were, "do this so that women can finally be seen as equals in a world dominated by men"

5. I used linguistic stategies well, however I have a problem with tripping over my words and my rate could use improvement. I rush some sections but then slow down in others.

6. My style energized the audience well, it was obvious to me that I had the full attention of the majority of the class

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Chelsea Duncan -- Peer Review Speaker: Dylan
Topic: Legalizing Marijuana

Dylan illustrated a clear need for action in her speech. She gave a very clear and concise review of her topic. She did not go into exhaustive detail because she had already explained her cause in her last speech. Her actions were very specific. She provided the audience with websites to become members of. She also stated that elections are coming up and we can make a difference by voting for a canidate that supports her cause. She used linguistic strategies well. She had a nice rythm to her speaking. I think she did well  in energizing the audience.


Speaker: Amanda
Topic: Reality Television

Amanda described her topic clearly. She explained how and why reality television is a problem in today's society. She proposed that we do not watch it, write to a cable station, or protest at Brett Micheal's performance. These methods are logical. She used persuavsive strategies well. She gave a nice visualization of a world where parents do not have to censor what their children watch and there is less violence. It seemed like she didn't take some parts of the speech as seriously as others. For instance, it didn't seem like she was committed to protesting at the Brett Michael performance. Nevertheless, she provided a well layed out speech.
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Self Reflection-Harrison

I was pleased with my topic on immigration.  I feel that it is a great topic that our nation face today and is somewhat controversial.  I relied on my persuasion speech to formulate my call to action speech.  I feel that I adequately demonstrated immigration as a problem that faces our society.  I believed that I had resourceful evidence to support my claims.  I used the upcoming election as an event for call to action because politicians have a great persuasion in deciding our laws and how things should be run.  However, the people of America have a heavy "say so" in who becomes elected.  Overall I felt that I meet the requirements for a call to action speech.  I proposed the issue as a solution and then induced a specific action that went along with my topic.  On the negative side, I might have been able to provide a more specific action that was I proposed but I thought it was legitimate event to compensate for the problem of immigration.  Overall I felt that I did a good job.

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Harrison Brendle Peer Review- Corbin did a good job on his speech of video games. Corbin took a new spin on playing video games for his call to action.  Corbin talked about the level of maturity involved in playing video games and encouraged people to limit there attachment to playing video games.  Corbin used good references and examples including the Bible.  Corbin focused his call to action speech on accepting criticism and stop playing video games when you say you are going to stop.  Corbin begged us to limit the addiction and extent to which video games are played.  Overall, Corbin did a good job on his speech that was on a topic hard to talk about. Posted by hjbrendl ( Apr 25 2008, 04:18:08 PM EDT ) Permalink Comments [0]

Call to action speech peer review Haley Haley did a great job on her speech.  She showed the importance and need for action on her topic of genetically modified food.  Haley illustrated that there was a problem of genetically modified foods.  She gave the example of a company making GM foods of polluting the earth by putting PCB in a river.  She called for the removal of genetically modified foods by inducing the specific action of contacting senators via a blog that she set up.  She also proposed the idea of heating more organic food.  Genetically Modified foods are bad for farmers, bad for health, and bad for our world.  Haley was very passionate about her topic and used a good tone to connect with the audience to show that she cared about her topic.  Overall Haley did a great job on her speech.  She used good evidence and used a convincing tone to illustrate her passion about genetically modified foods. Posted by hjbrendl ( Apr 25 2008, 03:38:58 PM EDT ) Permalink Comments [0]

Lisa Lehman - Call to Action self reflection

    I think, apart from reading from the note cards too much, I did a good job. I presented a clear need for action on making students study abroad and become more aware of global issues and the rest of the world. I think my statistics hit home with the audience, making them realize how little the average American knows about the United States and the rest of the world. It's pretty scary. I clearly presented my actions of exploring study abroad options at NC State, then picking the right one for the individual, going on the study abroad and then telling friends about this experience and encouraging friends to also study abroad. From there, the university would see this popularity and notice it. Eventually, with everyone's help and effort, it would be mandatory for students to study abroad for at least one semester before they graduate. In my speech, I tried to use a lot of unifying words and phrases to connect myself with the audience and help it see that I needed everyone's help to help our university and our nation. I told of what a great experience seeing the world would be, I forgot to mention, however, how it would put them, as individuals, ahead in the work force. I went over on my time, nothing new, and I read from my note cards too much. Lack of preparation. My fault. Overall, though, I think I connected with the audience and showed them they need to take action to help globalize our university and nation and get ahead in the globalization craze of the 21st century.

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Lisa Lehman - Call to Action peer review for Brandee

    Brandee caught the audience's attention from the start with a powerful, captivating antidote. She explained how a family member was in danger of her ex-husband and how she had to get a restraining order to keep her safe. Then she said she wished there was more than a piece of paper to keep her safe: she was calling us to action of having the personal right to bear arms for extra protection! The right to bear arms is a protection devise that could benefit most people in their daily lives. Her actions to succeed in this right were very specific. First, she wanted to generate a change in public opinion from a negative to positive viewpoint on the right to bear arms. We, as the audience, could help her do this by educating others about the positive sides of baring arms. Next, she urged to change to second amendment of individual right for protection against criminals. She gave many statistics and stories to why it is important for women especially to have the protection they need against criminals and how many lives would be saved and crimes not committed it people had the personal right to bear arms. Self defense would minimize crimes and maximize personal safety. She used excellent diction to energize the audience like together, we can be a "pounding force" and "protecting safety" is a great concern. She used these phrases throughout the speech. Great job, Brandee! Only one thing to critique: you seemed to be attached to the counter for most of the speech. I think you'd be so much more effective if you walked around and connected with the audience by getting us involved too. Other than that, excellent! 

Posted by lelehman ( Apr 25 2008, 10:54:02 AM EDT ) Permalink Comments [0]

Lisa Lehman - Call to Action peer review for Chelsea Duncan

    Chelsea's call to action to help starving North Ugandan children made the audience sympathize with her and the children. She clearly expressed how badly these children are suffering and introduced a few simple actions we could take to improve the lives of an entire community. She gave actions for all types of people: just the knowledge of these children would make some people want to help, awareness is always a good thing. Others could donate to the many different groups set up to help the children, the extremists could organize an event to help raise awareness or attend those already in order, and finally, we could contact member of congress and express our concern for these children, hoping they could do something to help. After giving us all this information, Chelsea again pointed out how badly these children were suffering and how we should help them in any way we could. She wanted us to feel sorry for the kids, and she was successful for me. Her conclusion was good, she wrapped it up by going back to her introduction, making it a circular speech and it was very effective. One piece of advice, however, she seemed kind of tense and nervous (she usually didn't in her previous speeches) I wish she could have chilled out a bit. Overall, great way to wrap up the semester and great speech! 

Posted by lelehman ( Apr 25 2008, 10:44:40 AM EDT ) Permalink Comments [0]

Tony Wahula - self reflection call to action speech In my speech I talked about the issue of gambling on college athletics. I demonstrated a need for the gambling to be illegal by giving some statistics. I stated that 5% of athletes have participated in gambling on sports they actually played in. I gave a couple of specific actions for the audience to take. An easy action was for the audience to simply not gamble on college sports. A more involved strategy was for the audience to call their athletic director and tell him their feelings on gambling in college sports. I gave his hame, phone number, and email address. An indirect solution I gave was to vote for John McCain because he wants to make gambling on college sports illegal. I believe I gave good reason for the audience to want to take action and I gave them tasks that they could easily accomplish. I probably could have engaged the audience more effectively but I was able to make them aware of the issue at hand. Posted by mawahula ( Apr 25 2008, 10:32:29 AM EDT ) Permalink Comments [0]