Discussion Post: Locating Supporting Materials
Go to the American Rhetoric website (americanrhetoric.com) and choose a speech from the Speech Bank. After checking out the speech, answer the following questions.
Task
• What speech did you choose? List the speaker, title, location, and date of the speech.
• List each type of supporting material-narratives, examples, definitions, testimony, facts and statistics-and indicate whether or not the speaker used that time. Give an example of each type of supporting material the speaker used.
• How effective were the supporting materials the speaker uses? Explain your answer.
• How did the supporting materials help the speaker achieve her or his specific purpose?
• What have you learned about supporting materials that you'll apply to your speeches in the future?
The response must include a reference list. Using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, double-space, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.