The concept from chapter 14 of the reading this week is
defining persuasion. I chose to define persuasion because it is something that
will be important to me in the upcoming weeks as I begin to prepare for my
persuasive speech at the end of the month. Our book defines persuasion as “relying
on language, images, and other means of communication to influence people’s
beliefs, attitudes, values, or actions.” The book also talks about the fact
that we are bombarded with persuasive messages every single day. Friends may
convince us to help them with something, charities are trying to get you to
donate to them, or the television is always trying to sell you new products.
All of these messages are trying to influence you to behave in a certain way or
believe something and act upon it in a specific manner. Also, we, as
functioning members of society, must sometimes persuade people to make sure
that our needs are met. Persuasion is an important thing to understand because
I do not want my speech to sound too informative and not get the point across
that action needs to be taken on the matter.
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