Device dilemma Anxiety, depression, and suicide all stem from device addiction. Technology continues to constantly evolve; thus, beginning to put devices in the hands of our children and eventually leading to addiction. Kaye Deslauriers, teacher of the year and a concerned parent, presenting her speech at a conference with other parents in attendance. Speaks on the harms of addiction in children, warning other parents. In her speech to concerned parents, Kaye delivers an acceptance of the addiction that our children have to their devices in order to warn other parents of the harm that it presents via her use of rhetoric, exaggeration, and strategic structure. Through her use of rhetoric, Kaye effectively sets the stage for her speech and gives
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By utilizing this strategy, she effectively grabs the reader's attention by appealing to their emotions. She appeals to the emotions of sadness and love. Using this strategy allows the speaker to get the listeners attention, which helps her get her other main points across while also making an opening claim. Further along in her speech, the author asks a rhetorical question to puzzle the audience. She embeds a rhetorical question by asking the concerned parents to “consider the impact of this addiction on the physical, emotional, and social development of our children”(para 5). By asking this thought provoking question, it pushes the listener to truly digest what was just said. The author also utilizes it as an impactful point to further get across her claim of children being too addicted to their devices. By incorporating this strategy, it forces the listener to think about what was asked and the importance of it and to make the listener think of the next plan of action. Through her use of rhetoric within her speech, Deslauriers conveys her main message of children being too addicted to their devices as well as to push the reader into thought and to make them digest what was
By utilizing this strategy, she effectively grabs the reader's attention by appealing to their emotions. She appeals to the emotions of sadness and love. Using this strategy allows the speaker to get the listeners attention, which helps her get her other main points across while also making an opening claim. Further along in her speech, the author asks a rhetorical question to puzzle the audience. She embeds a rhetorical question by asking the concerned parents to “consider the impact of this addiction on the physical, emotional, and social development of our children”(para 5). By asking this thought provoking question, it pushes the listener to truly digest what was just said. The author also utilizes it as an impactful point to further get across her claim of children being too addicted to their devices. By incorporating this strategy, it forces the listener to think about what was asked and the importance of it and to make the listener think of the next plan of action. Through her use of rhetoric within her speech, Deslauriers conveys her main message of children being too addicted to their devices as well as to push the reader into thought and to make them digest what was