Response to Joey Tennyson’s “Persuasive Speech Evaluation”

I agree with Joey Tennyson in many of the aspects regarding his speech. First off, I agree with him pertaining his introduction. I vividly remember his introduction because it caught my eye with a very good hook. Using an actual example was very good. Another positive that I also agree with is his posture and eye contact. Unlike many others in the class, Joey had very good eye contact throughout the whole speech and his posture was very good. A negative side to Joey’s speech, which I agree with, was his volume. At times, I could not understand what Joey was saying. Talking a little louder and more clearly would have helped this. Another positive attribute to Joey’s speech was his eye contact. He was rarely looking at his note card and he was very confident in his delivery. You could tell that he knew a lot about the topic. Lastly, Joey had a lot of good information. There was a lot of good information provided, which really persuaded the audiences view on the topic. Also, the information seemed like it was very precise and it was presented well with other facts. Overall, Joey’s persuasive speech was very well organized. He showed great confidence in his speech. Although there were a couple negatives toward his speech, he made up for them with the positives. I was very persuaded when I listened to his speech.

Persuasive Speech

After watching my persuasive speech, I found many positives and a couple negatives. To start, I thought my introduction was very good. It thought that I was very catchy and had a strong hook. Having a hypothetical situation really enhanced my paper and got the readers eyes. Another positive attribute was my information. I thought I presented the speech with good information, and shared the top arguments involved with the topic. Throughout my speech, I had good constant posture. This showed that I was able to be confident in front of my audience. Also, my voice was very clear and loud throughout the presentation; the audience was able to hear me very well. With all this being said, there were a couple downfalls to my paper. One negative was my eye contact. Watching my speech, I saw that I was constantly looking down at the paper to read off of. By remembering, and practicing a little bit more, I could have avoided this. Another negative impact was talking a little fast at times. There may have been times where the audience may have not understood me due to how fast I was speaking. Lastly, there were a couple words in my speech, in which I had trouble pronouncing. If I would have learned how to pronounce these beforehand, I could have enhanced my speech. Overall, there were positives and some negatives that I had during my speech. Fixing the negatives will make my speech better next time, so I will receive a better grade.

Ethics and Medicine

There are many situations today in modern medicine, where ethics and medicine conflict. One conflict that is relevantly big is embryonic stem cell research. Stem cell research in the past decade has become very popular. Essentially, embryonic stems cells are cells derived from embryos and they can help in the use of medicine. Under President Bush, research of stem cells was illegal, and now President Obama has made it legal. I believe that stem cell research should be legal. I believe this because stem cells can save many lives, and will create medicine that is useful for humans. Although it can be a touchy subject, because some believe that the process of extracting the cells murders that person, I believe that they should be legal. In my opinion an embryo that is never develop will be a waste if it is not used for medicine. I believe that both sides are represented well, but I favor in the use of stem cells.

            A website that I found, which had both sides of the argument was www.allaboutpopularissues.org . In this website, they had many good arguments about both sides. The pro side in this website is the most compelling, because the positives that it mentions are very persuading. Although there are some decent arguments pertaining the negatives, since I am already more convinced on the positives it really made the most sense to me. Overall, embryonic stem cell research can be a very touchy subject. With looking at the negative and positive arguments, I felt that I was more for stem research rather than against.