How To Be Happy Rhetorical Analysis
Journal 3- Analyze a speech
David Steindl-Rast: Want to be happy? Be grateful http://www.ted.com/talks/david_steindl_rast_want_to_be_happy_be_grateful For the journal assignment, I choose to analyze a speech in terms of the speaker’s delivery and content from TED.com called “Want to be happy? Be grateful” by David Steindl-Rast. The speaker had a nice opening to the speech. At the very beginning, he mentioned that the one thing all we have in common is that each of us wants to be happy. His opened the speech by pointing out the central to our concerns. He clearly previewed the main points in the introduction. He suggested that happiness is born from gratitude. He had some good examples about the connection between happiness and gratefulness.
He not only talk about what did he believe, but also said why he believe. I think it’s a good speak because the speaker met his goals through the speech, which is dedication his lives helping spread the happiness in the world, successful. David Steindl-Rast had nice conversational delivery. For example, he does maintain eye contact with the audience. Eye contact is probably the most important nonverbal facet of delivery. According to the textbook, eye contact not only increases our direct contact with our audience but also can be used to help us control our nervousness.(Adler, Ronald B., and George R. Rodman 343) I can see the speaker tried to meet the eyes of each member of his audience during the presentation. Movement also helps him maintain contact with his audience. He also used appropriate humor to leave the audience to think about how to find a method for living gratefully by stop, look, and go.
References
Adler, Ronald B., and George R. Rodman. Understanding Human Communication. New York: Oxford UP, 2003. Print.
David Steindl-Rast: Want to be happy? Be grateful http://www.ted.com/talks/david_steindl_rast_want_to_be_happy_be_grateful For the journal assignment, I choose to analyze a speech in terms of the speaker’s delivery and content from TED.com called “Want to be happy? Be grateful” by David Steindl-Rast. The speaker had a nice opening to the speech. At the very beginning, he mentioned that the one thing all we have in common is that each of us wants to be happy. His opened the speech by pointing out the central to our concerns. He clearly previewed the main points in the introduction. He suggested that happiness is born from gratitude. He had some good examples about the connection between happiness and gratefulness.
He not only talk about what did he believe, but also said why he believe. I think it’s a good speak because the speaker met his goals through the speech, which is dedication his lives helping spread the happiness in the world, successful. David Steindl-Rast had nice conversational delivery. For example, he does maintain eye contact with the audience. Eye contact is probably the most important nonverbal facet of delivery. According to the textbook, eye contact not only increases our direct contact with our audience but also can be used to help us control our nervousness.(Adler, Ronald B., and George R. Rodman 343) I can see the speaker tried to meet the eyes of each member of his audience during the presentation. Movement also helps him maintain contact with his audience. He also used appropriate humor to leave the audience to think about how to find a method for living gratefully by stop, look, and go.
References
Adler, Ronald B., and George R. Rodman. Understanding Human Communication. New York: Oxford UP, 2003. Print.