Grace College Chapel Rhetorical Analysis

Last week, I attend Grace College chapel. In order further my communication skills I analyzed the audience and speaker at this chapel. Caleb Yoder was speaking.
The first thing I analyzed was the demographic factors of the audience. Chapel is made up college students typically from the age seventeen to twenty-four. The school is made up of about sixty-five percent female and thirty-five male. Grace College is a christian school that has its roots in the Grace Brethren denomination; however, the colleges attendees are comprised of all denominations including some catholics and even some non-believers. Grace College has made many efforts to expand their students ethnical diversity, but unfortunately the college is made up of vast majority of white students.
The next thing I analyzed was the situational factors of chapel. Chapel is consists of about fifteen hundred people. The rounded shape of the arena poses a challenge for the speaker to address the whole audience. The lighting of the stadium is very dimmed; however the stage is very well lit, which makes it difficult for the speaker to see the audience. This is a challenging thing to …show more content…
To many speakers alienate themselves from the audiences by dressing too formal. Yoder was very effective with his nonverbal communication. In using his hands and walking on the stage in a way that did not seem as though he were passing. He was very effective at looking around the audience to make eye contact. I was sitting at the very back so it was hard to see his facial expressions form the screen or stage. Caleb Yoder is somewhere in the age range of twenty-two to thirty-five. This made him very relatable to the young audience. Though he did not mention his experience with the topic or his education level his introducer mention that he was a growth group leader at Grace which alludes to the fact that he may have his bachelor 's