Friday, March 13, 2009
Week 8 Discussion Question 1
I believe that it is most beneficial to incorporate statistics at the beginning of an essay as a way of an attention grabber. For example if one were talking giving an informative speech on obesity, a good attention grabber would be, "according to (state the source) two-thirds of the United States population is suffering the deadly disease of obestity." I think that is a good way to start off the speech because not only are you being inquistive ("did you know") but you are adding in statistics that are not confusing and are creatively added to grab the audiences attention. The least beneficial time to start using statistics would be in the middle of the speech. Bring up the statistics mid-speech can make the audience lose attention to the topic because they can become confused by trying to remember all the numbers or facts.
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Hello beautiful! It's interesting that you mention when using statistics would be most effective. Do you think that using statistics sparingly, even in the middle of a speech would work? What statistics and/or facts will you be using in this coming speech?
ReplyDeleteHi beautiful. I agree that using statistics in the introduction as the attention getter is very useful because it grabs the audience's attention. I believe this method only works, however, when it is a simple statistic and it must be very shocking. Although I believe statistics make a good attention grabber, they are also useful in the main points of a speech as well. Speakers often use statistics in mid-speech in order to prove their point, especially if it is from a reliable source. The audience is not expected to memorize all the numbers, but they will remember it if the statistics are just as significant and shocking as the attention getter. They of course should not be extensive and confusing so the audience will not lose the speaker :).
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