Final Reflection- Speech Class

Respond to this prompt fully in complete sentences explaining yourself fully.

From the Bag Speech to the Persuasive Speech, what skills do you think you most improved on in the public speaking process? How? What skills do you think you could've improved on even more? Why? Of the units we did, what was the most interesting/useful to you? Why? Of the units we did, what one did you find the least useful or interesting? Why? How could it be improved? Are there concepts/skills related to communication that you wish we would've covered? If so, which ones and why? In regards to the instructional strategies used by the teacher, which ones worked for you? Which ones didn't work? Why? If you have any other comments or suggestions, feel free to share them.

Advertisement Analysis- Due December 4th

Pick an advertisement from a magazine.

1. What is the name of the magazine and the date of publication?

2. What is the product being sold? What is the company?

3. Who do you think the target audience is? Why?

4. Which of Maslow's needs is this advertisement trying to appeal to?

5. Of Aristotle's four rhetorical proofs, which does this advertisement try to incorporate? How?


6. What other persuasive techniques that we discussed does this advertisement incorporate?


7. Overall, do you think this advertisement is effective in getting their target audience to buy their product?


8. If you were an advertiser, what kind of advertisement would you design to persuade people to buy the product? Explain in detail.