Good Morning,
Responding to the second posting is going to be hard. I am not exaggerating when I say I do not attend speeches and do not have any plans to attend any in the future. I am not in a position to be able to give examples persuasive messages I have received; unless you can count the ones I get from my son when he is trying to convince me to buy him something he wants. In addition to taking this class, I am also taking critical thinking and from this class have learned to recognize certain fallacies that speakers may use when trying to stake a claim. I think to be a more critical consumer; you need to have a lot of basic common sense. If you believe everything, somebody is going to tell you, then you kind of set yourself up to always get duped.
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Blabbering Student,
I think that I am in the same position when you talk about not attending persuasive speeches in general. However, like your son, I think that we have engaged in many, but provide not much of a basis for common sense. I think that though we dont purposely go and look for persuasive speakers we are exposed to them. In your case, you son, and in mine, myself. I often find myself trying to prove a valuable case as to why to buy certain things. I do agree, in any persuaive speech, it is important to provide a good amount of evidence. I know that somethings may be frabricated, but for speeches that are more formal, it is better to have concrete details that are supporting your case, and provide validity. Speakers should be able to provide evidence that makes sense. Hopefully things are going accordingly.
-Penny
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