COMM 301 Week 7 Discussion 2

COMM 301 Week 7 Discussion 2 | Los Rios Community College

Reese Witherspoon's Woman of the Year speech

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1.    What was Reese's attention grabber?  What made it effective?

2.    There were different ways that Reese established her authority (ethos).  Tell me what some of those were.

3.    Reese's speech was an version of an MMS (Monroe's Motivated Speech).  What is the larger "problem" she suggests exists? 

4.    What were some reasons or evidence (logos) Reese offered to establish this is, in fact, a problem in our society?

5.    What were some solutions Reese suggested might help this problem?

6.    Throughout the speech, there were different times Reese made topic's connection to the audience extremely clear.  Tell me some of the specific ways she connected her topic to her audience? What info did she give to make those explicit connections?

7.    What moments in her speech did Reese use pathos to appeal to her audience?  What are some strategies she employed do to evoke emotional appeals?

8.    Using concepts from chapter 13.3 Links to an external site., how did Reese use the element of "Power" in her speech?  What other aspects of her use of language from chapter 13 Links to an external site.stood out to you in her speech?  

9.    What was Reese's call to action?  Do you think it was appropriate for her audience? Do you think her audience can do this action?  Do you think if they did, it will help with the "problem"?

10. What concluding method did Reese employ?  How does this make the speech end memorably and better than just a simple sum up of the main points?