Motivational Speaking

Rick Politician 5/21/01 SPCMU200 Scott Ku-Section A Motivational Speech Homework 1. Figure of Perspective 2. Exaggeration 3. "It's the scourge of mankind. It has been a plague on humanity since we were all monkeys cruising around on all fours." 4. I think this would be a good way to open my speech. It's dramatic so it will get the attention of the audience. Also, the audience sees litter as a relatively minor problem so I think exaggerating litters influence would be good way to make them laugh and peak their interest. 1. Figure of Description 2. Vividness 3. "As the soft, furry monkey sat on the hard tree branch, he felt a pain unlike any other deep within his abdomen. His stomach was talking to him. "Must eat, must devour, and find me food!" Quickly the monkey hopped onto a nearby banana tree, snagged the yellow fruit and bit into its thick skin. It rapidly devoured the tender insides, reached for another and tossed the husk of the banana over his shoulder. The banana peel zoomed down to meet the earth and become what.yes, that's right LITTER agghhhh!!!" 4. This narration is again meant to be entertaining and funny. It also provides an excellent image of litter and how natural it feels to litter. This will relate to the audience in that most of them have probably thrown a banana peel on the ground sometime. So, again I am getting the audience involved as well as informing them of my topic. 1. Figures of Comparison 2. Simile 3. "Litter fills our streets like flowers fill a grassy meadow." 4. This is a good simile in that it shows to the extent that litter surrounds us. It also takes an image people tend to enjoy, like the grassy meadow from the Sound of Music, and ruins it with thoughts of trash. Hopefully, that will cause the audience to see litter as a horrible thing that ruins nature. An end we must avoid at all costs. This simile also sets up the next phrase. 1. Figures of Grammar 2. Juxtaposition 3. "...except that litter is not pretty, does not smell good and now one wants to take a nap in it." 4. This sentence is well placed. Not only does the phrase support what the audience believes, that litter and flowers are not alike, it goes further and shows how disgusting having litter in our streets is. This phrase reemphasizes the gap human beings are creating between nature and civilization. 1. Figure of Dramatizing 2. Dialogue 3. "'Wow, hold it. There's a piece of gum on the step right in front of you,' I said to girl a couple weeks ago on the stairs right outside this room. 'Oh, thanks that wouldn't have been fun,' she replied graciously. 'No kidding, yuck!' I exclaimed as I grabbed the piece of gum with a piece of paper." 4. This example shows the audience the common bond that exists between people helping each other, even though recognition for one's good deeds is not received most of the time. The dialogue also relates directly to the audience since any one of them could have stepped on the gum, as the stairs are right outside our classroom. 1. Figure of Dramatizing 2. Personification 3. "Litter's long, dirty fingers creep into not only our streets, but our local parks, our forest and our lakes and streams." 4. This gives a negative image of litter getting into everything natural and pristine and causing ruin. People will be able to see the shores of the Puget Sound in trash. They will see their favorite hiking trail covered in granola wrappers, soup cans and pop tart boxes. Hopefully, this image will have strong emotional appeal with the audience and get them riled up and motivated. 1. Figure of Dramatizing 2. Rhetorical Question 3. "How can we live like this? How can we stand for our roads and highways to b'e as messy as a ten year olds room? How can we continue to litter when we know how easy it is not to? 4. These statements are meant to excite the audience. The audience will wonder why they have not been committed to not littering before. They will want to disassociate themselves from being a ten year old. By asking them questions that have simple answers and implying that we have lost our self-discipline, I hope to inspire the audience not to litter. 1. Figures of Sound 2. Repetition 3. "When you see a piece of paper or a pop can on the ground maybe pick it up. In this day in age, one will walk by a wastebasket every 50 feet. It's not hard to hold on to that trash for just 50 feet and then tossing it away. So, nest time you see some litter, pick it up, pick it up, and don't forget to pick it up." 4. The plan is that this repetition will sink into the audience's minds so next time they see some litter the phrase "pick it up" will ring in their heads. PRicking some litter up is not a very difficult thing to do. If I can get each person to do it a couple times, then they will most likely realized the ease and personal satisfaction that comes with picking up litter.