The speech I chose was written by a college student named Seth. The speech was for a Speech 110 class at Centralia College. The topic he chose to cover was about the benefits that napping provides. Seth used ethos, a lot of audience connection, and organization in order to get his message across to his audience.

Seth used ethos by incorporating different well known institutions and people into his speech. For example, he used research done by Harvard, a well known and respected university that people trust. Seth also stated that a popular industry like Google encouraged their employees to take naps. An institution like Google is a household name, everybody knows it, so people are more likely to trust that there is solid evidence supporting their practices. Seth gave examples of well known people such as Winston Churchill and Albert Einstein as people that took naps. People know and trust that these two individuals were intelligent, so the audience is likely to trust that taking naps was a good choice and maybe even helped make them the intelligent people that they were.

Seth also used a lot of audience connection in order to persuade his audience to take more naps. Right in the very beginning of his speech he tossed a bunch of money into the audience which immediately grabbed their attention and made them much more inclined to listen to what he had to say. Also Seth maintained solid eye contact with the audience the entire time. I rarely saw him look at his notecards. He used stories that he knew his audience could relate to as well. He gave a personal story about how as a college student taking naps helped him do well in a particularly difficult class. He knew his audience could connect because it was made up of other college students that were most likely taking a difficult class or have taken one.

The organization of Seth’s speech was done very well. He had three main topics that he introduced right in the beginning. Then he elaborated on them in a clear order. Seth transitioned well between his topic points and stayed very clear on what he was talking about. He stayed on point and did not go off on any tangents or say anything that did not belong in his speech .

Overall I think Seth did a very good job on his speech. He was successful at applying ethos to support his argument, as well as connecting with his audience to keep them engaged, and he had good organization to keep the speech clear. By using these elements Seth’s speech was successful in both content and delivery.