Please complete the following steps for your discussion post and response.

Watch the video.

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 Bob’s Failure of a Persuasive Speech

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YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f8ZWCQQDic

Estimated time to complete: 12 minutes

Evaluate the speech by answering these questions: 

1. Audience: What was the speaker’s target audience? How do you know?

2. Introduction: Identify the speaker’s attention getter, topic, and thesis. Did the attention getter grab your interest? Why or why not? What was the speaker’s thesis or central idea? 

3. Body: What pattern of organization did the speaker use? What types of persuasion did the speaker use? Were they effective? Why or why not? 

4. Conclusion: Did the speaker end strongly? Why or why not?  

5. Presentation Aids: How did the speaker use presentation aids? 

6. Delivery: Was the delivery of the speech effective? Why or why not?