Speech Analysis: The Importance Of Voting

Speech 5 was no doubt the most difficult one. My topic was the importance of voting, in my speech I talked about how my oldest brother was into politics and how growing up he always emphasized the importance of voting to myself and my entire family as well. As my speech progressed I talked about how every vote matters and how, as crazy as it sounds Donald Trump could help draw a new audience to politics. I tried by best to show the audience just how important voting really was by giving them not only clear cut evidence but my honest opinion as well. The content of my speech I felt was accurate. Many of my sources were extremely reliable and I felt that the information they gave me, was great information to persuade the audience with. As I said before I tried to support all of my own opinions with clear cut evidence, whether it was a statistic or even a quote. Content was something I was concerned with while writing the speech, however when the speech was finished I thought the content was complimented well. The organization of my speech I felt was well done although I always think how I could have improved on it. With that being said, I stand by the order in which it was submitted. By following Monroe’s approach to persuasive speeches I felt that by following the guide in the text …show more content…
By “Gaining Attention” of the audience, I was able to show them the ways in which voting has taken on less of a role in our society over the years. I then “Established a need” by telling the audience that young people fell their vote no longer matters. Then I was able to “Satisfy the need” by talking to the audience on ways to show a younger generation the importance of voting. By “Visualizing the need Satisfied” I talked to the audience on how voting was a privilege not a right. Finally, I “Asked for Action” by reiterating my main points and urging them to get up and