2.
How do the speakers catch attention?
The
Hidden World of Chili Peppers: The speaker creates
an image and asks the audience to imagine something. This helps get them
involved early and gets them interested. Also not explaining why their mouth is
burning, eyes tearing and face going red gets the audience guessing what is
going on. They are expectant for an answer so helps keep their attention on the
speaker.
Medical
Robots: From Science Fiction to Science Fact: The
speaker tells a story at the very beginning. They talk about a surgery and
after awhile they reveal it is being done using robotic arms. They then relate
this to the audience by saying “and the next operation you or a family member
undergoes may well involve a robot.” Talking about something where people think
they know what is happening then reveal something different creates interest in
the audience and gains their attention. Then relating it to them helps keep
their attention on the speaker.
3.
How does author of Chili Peppers speech show credibility?
The speaker shows his credibility in this
sentence “My own desire for spicy meals led me to investigate why I get red in
the face and salivate over the mere thought of eating a spicy chili.” This
sentence explains why he had interest in this topic and shows that he
investigated the topic as well.
6. Statistics
cited in the The Hidden World of Chili Peppers speech are as follows:
25% of the world’s adult population uses chili
peppers as a part of their daily diet
Intensity of chili peppers range for 0 to
3000 Scoville Heat Units
More than 1,300 medical studies on
capsaicin
7.
Authorities cited or quoted in The Hidden World of Chili Peppers speech:
The
Cambridge World History of Food
The
Chili Pepper Book by Carolyn Dille and Susan
Belsinger
Spices,
Herbs and Edible Fungi by P.W Bosland
The
Chili Pepper Encyclopedia by Dave DeWitt
Chili Pepper Institute at New Mexico State
University
New
York Times
The
Nutrition Reporter by Jack Challem
Professor Kenji Okajima of Japans Kumamoto
University School of Medicine
Evaluative
Comments
2.
How are these speeches “audience centered”?
The
Hidden World of Chili Peppers: This speech is
audience centered because it relates it to the audience. It focuses on getting
the audience interested and then presenting why the audience will want to
remain listening. The statement “what to do if you eat a too-hot pepper” gives
a reason for the audience to listen as most people may be able to relate to
this. However I believe the speaker could have related the speech to the
audience more and given them more of an incentive to listen. The second speech
did a better job of being “audience centered”.
The
Medical Robots: From Science Fiction to Science Fact Speech: The speaker says “and the next operation you or a family member
undergoes may well involve a robot.” This gives the listener something to
relate to and gives them a reason to continue listening. This speaker also uses
a visual aid to help the audience visualize the “light whiskers” used by the
robots. This makes it easier for the audience and shows the speaker knows how
to keep their attention.
3. How
do the Authors build credibility?
The
Hidden World of Chili Peppers: The speaker shows
his credibility in this sentence “My own desire for spicy meals led me to
investigate why I get red in the face and salivate over the mere thought of
eating a spicy chili.” This sentence explains why he had interest in this topic
and shows that he investigated the topic as well.
He then proves his credibility in the body
of the speech by citing his resources and presenting some facts and statistics.
He cited 8 different resources and this helped show he had done his research
and knew what he was talking about.
The Medical
Robots: From Science Fiction to Science Fact Speech: The speaker shoes his credibility in these sentences “As a pre-med
student interested in becoming a surgeon, I’ve long been fascinated with
medical robots. After researching this topic for this speech,” This explains
why they had interest in this topic and shows that they investigated it as
well.
They also prove their credibility by citing
resources and showing some facts to do with their topic. They used more than 5
resources and this shows they had done research and had learnt about the topic.
Daniel Paull
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