Rhetoric

The last rhetorical writing or speech that I've done would have to be in my speech class. I remember vividly giving a speech on something that hit closer to home, and having a audience so silent that one could hear a pin drop in the room at any point of my presentation. I tried to persuade my audience on how we should slow down near school zones and school buses, by using a personal example.

That personal example was of a little girl who decided to cross the street behind a school bus, she ran directly into my driver side door, as I was passing the school bus. This was probably one of the most traumatizing events in my life and I used this emotional personal example of the little girl to persuade my young audience to slow down, when kids are present. As this could ultimately make the different between the little girl suffering a sprain in her foot in the case of my example or suffering a life threatening injury.