Alex Steffen is a very powerful speaker, he uses logic and reason to grab the attention of the audience, and keeps them hooked by using ethos, pathos, and logos to draw them in. Steffen’s voice is very powerful and you can tell he is a very seasoned speaker. The speech he gave is about the choices that humanity is going to have to make in the future. He started off with a lot of comedic ideas to connect to the audience, for example he said “About a million years ago monkeys fell out of trees, got a little clever, harnessed fire, invented the printing press, you know made luggage with wheels on it, and you know built the society we live in today.”(1) This is the main hook, and thesis of his speech and he did a great job relating to the audience
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Without these facts the entire speech would be pure speculation and no one wants to hear about theories, they want to know the truth. Moving through the speech he blends ethos and pathos to use logic and credibility to help the listener understand his thought about changing what we build and manufacture. He says “ This is the Bedington Zero Energy development in London, which is one of the greenest buildings in the world. It’s a fabulous place. We are now able to build buildings that generate all their own electricity, that recycle much of their water, that are much more comfortable than standard buildings and etc, and overtime this will of course cost less”(4) By using those tactics, Steffen is able to get his point across easily. Another helpful tactic Steffen uses is visual aid in his speech, he uses pictures and graphs of what he is talking about to correctly represent his idea and help the listener connect even more to what the point he is trying to get …show more content…
He shows that human life will not sustain much longer if we don’t change the lives we are living, and make a difference, whether that’s recycling, not using so many vital non- renewable resources or whatever it may be. By restating the thesis it then shows the summary you are supposed to get out of the speech and backs up how good of a speech you have given. Steffen is a great speaker and he definitely got his point across and he will keep making great speeches like this to help humans understand more ideas than we do
Without these facts the entire speech would be pure speculation and no one wants to hear about theories, they want to know the truth. Moving through the speech he blends ethos and pathos to use logic and credibility to help the listener understand his thought about changing what we build and manufacture. He says “ This is the Bedington Zero Energy development in London, which is one of the greenest buildings in the world. It’s a fabulous place. We are now able to build buildings that generate all their own electricity, that recycle much of their water, that are much more comfortable than standard buildings and etc, and overtime this will of course cost less”(4) By using those tactics, Steffen is able to get his point across easily. Another helpful tactic Steffen uses is visual aid in his speech, he uses pictures and graphs of what he is talking about to correctly represent his idea and help the listener connect even more to what the point he is trying to get …show more content…
He shows that human life will not sustain much longer if we don’t change the lives we are living, and make a difference, whether that’s recycling, not using so many vital non- renewable resources or whatever it may be. By restating the thesis it then shows the summary you are supposed to get out of the speech and backs up how good of a speech you have given. Steffen is a great speaker and he definitely got his point across and he will keep making great speeches like this to help humans understand more ideas than we do