have-you-ever-persuaded-anyone

Create your Assignment submission and be sure to cite your sources, use APA style as required, check your spelling.

Assignment:

Essay Questions:

1. In a survey of movie critics, it was found that most of their movie reviews are favorable. Are movies really this good? What does this suggest about the ways that movie critics define a good movie? What might be the motives of some of the critics for giving positive reviews? How persuasive do you consider movie critics to be?
2. Sometimes it’s difficult to distinguish inferences from facts and opinions. Identify the types of claims made in the following statements: 1) Brand X is the best sport nutrition bar because it has the most vitamins and minerals in it. 2) Candidate Y is most likely to win the upcoming election.
3. Go to the online speech bank where you will find likes to thousands of public speeches, www.americanrhetoric.com/speechbank.htm. Find a speech that effectively integrates appeals to credibility, logic, emotion, and cultural myth. Give specific examples of each.
4. Take a speech topic of your choice, and develop it into a speech that persuades.
5. In the speech you wrote, identify specific points where it inspires or persuades listeners to take action. How did you convince the audience to listen or take action? Which did you not use? Why/why not?

Note: For some questions, a response of fewer than 500 words may be acceptable.