Rhetorical Analysis Ireland Jones Speech

Ireland Jones, a competitor at a speech and debate tournament, is in a room filled with 10 to 15 people; three of those in the audience are there to evaluate her speech and give her feedback. In Jones’ speech, she discusses the rise in the Islamic faith and the decrease in Christianity in European countries. Throughout Jones’ informative speech, she addresses how the audience can make a difference to spread Christianity. Although Jones’ speech has some shortcomings, Jones’ knowledge of the topic is clear through her professional delivery.
Before delving into Jones’ speech, it is necessary to specifically analyze her delivery. Jones voice inflections are well done and they reinforce her words with precision. Jones’ passion for her topic is visibly clear throughout her presentation of her speech. Although the content of Jones’ speech is well developed, Jones’ asks the audience too many rhetorical questions. The questions that Jones’ uses detracts from assertiveness of the speech. Instead of feeling informed, the audience now feels uninformed and frankly stupid. Overall, Jones’ hand gestures, body movements, and voice control complemented the speech. …show more content…
Jones uses statistic that work well for illustration of her arguments. Furthermore, she uses quotes from the bible, which immediately establishes credibility with Christians. Nevertheless, Jones fails to show a direct correlation between the decline in Christianity and her reasons for it. Jones says that Christianity decreases because Christians are unmotivated to evangelize, but Jones fails to show the correlation between unmotivated Christians and a decrease in Christianity. Although Jones establishes her credibility well with the use of the bible and other quotes, she is missing a key component to connect some of her