▪ Pick one concept from the assigned reading that you found useful or interesting and discuss it.
Memory is one of the Five Canons of Rhetoric that states, “The speaker must find a way to keep the message firmly in mind” (Trenholm 6). I don’t know about you, but I often have to remind myself to stay focused and stay on tract when delivering a speech. Keeping my ideas in order is essential when presenting and makes all the difference in the overall delivery.
Mnemonics was developed to help speakers keep track of their arguments. I think the mnemonics system of memory is very useful and I will apply the idea when giving speeches by visualizing a house and all the rooms in it. By imagining walking into the house and presenting my idea and then moving from one room of ideas to the next is a spectacular way to keep on track and stay focused.
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I think memory is a very important component when it comes to communicating with other people. I myself have a very hard time keep track of the different points that I am to talk about when I do presentations or speeches. I always need an outline or notecard to help guide me through my presentation. I think every speaker should use something that could help them, because nothing looks worse than a speaker who doesn't even know what they're supposed to be talking about. It just makes a speaker look unprepared. But it also helps if the speaker talks about something that the audience can relate to. Something that will keep them engaged throughout the duration of the speech. A good example would be the elections, only because it's timely and everyone (at least a good majority) have been following the progress of the candidates. A great speech topic.
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