Less stuff, more happiness | Graham Hill

Evaluate this speech.

1.     The speaker did speak appropriately. He asked rhetorical questions, drew from common experiences, and used statistics. He spoke clearly and used words that made you picture what he was saying in your head.

2. The speaker did consider characteristics of effective delivery. He spoke as if he was having a conversation with the audience rather than presenting something to them.
3. In my opinion, this was a persuasive speech. The speaker was not basing his speak heavily on facts but rather giving his opinion on how crowded our lives are and how having less stuff makes us live happier lives.
4. I think the type of proposition the speaker was making is a position of value. He was trying to convince that audience that having less stuff was a good thing and that it was better than having a lot of stuff. The speaker appealed to ethos by relating things to everyone’s lives, I do not feel that he appealed to pathos, but appealed to logos by using facts and visuals.