As I read through the first chapter, it kind of reminded me about the Comm. 3(Group Communication) and English 1B. I noticed a lot of terminology, which I am already familiar from previous classes; they all comes hand and hand. One of the most preferred topics of mine is the ''symbolism''. I personally like to prepare my speeches brainstorming around a specific topic implementing different types of symbolism. The main reason why I do that is because the colorfulness of the words, which keeps the audience interested in the conversation.
‘’We can make our speeches more interesting if we use a common word to describe a more complex idea. For example, if we are talking about encouraging creative ideas, we can refer to these as "light bulb moments" and we can continually refer in our speech to the importance of making more "light bulb moments" in our life.’’
Symbolism is a huge part of the speech and I think that is important to be incorporated at all times
I agree with you that symbolism is one of the great public speech techniques one can use. Especially in a society so influenced by symbolism like ours. If a speaker can provide a hook line or symbol they will be able to keep their audience engaged and their audience will walk away remembering what the speaker intended for them to remember.
ReplyDeleteI think it is very interesting that you connected this class with English 1B. I never thought about that, but I completely agree with you. Like Red22 said, our country is influenced by symbolism. It makes what the speaker is saying more intriguing, and keeps the listeners brain active so they keep listening. Good post.
ReplyDeleteThis class reminds me of a History class that is mixed with English so far. In reading about Aristotle in chapter 1, I found myself noticing how the author of the text went into great detail about the atmosphere of the classes. It was written to give a mental visual of the events. It was interesting.
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