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Trusted and True

  Speech refers to the public for a particular problem, bright, full published their own views and opinions, to clarify things, to carry on the propaganda of communicative activities. Sounds simple? Not quite. In order to touch and follow audiences' emotions, speechmakers should my different rhetorical ways to persuade people. Especially if speechmakers want to talk about a social problem, if he does not speak rhetorical, people are hard to understand. Now I am going to share a good speech talking about trusting.

  This is a speech that I heard in my high school. Professor asked a question:" Nowadays there are many crisis of confidence, whether you also think the trust has ceased to exist?" " what is the value of the trusting?" Then he told us a story:" There was a young girl in preschool, one day someone reported that she steals money in her class's locker. Her teacher called her parents to come. After mother knew the thing, she asked her daughter a simple question:' Did you steal?' 'No I didn't.' Girl replied quietly but firmly. ' Please don't blame her, I trust her.' Her mother said to teacher. The trusts in children's eyes are pure like spring, don't use adults' level to survey a child. In fact this is just a misunderstanding, the girl didn't steal. This is the trust from the girl, but it is also the trust from the mother. They are not actor, but even they are, they still have that innocence in their hearts." Then he continued:" There was a organization, they did a social research about the percentage of the people who are trusting strangers in China. The result is incredible, only thirty percents of people trust strangers. This is a tragic data, social trust crisis is unbelievable, why not we just treat others with all sincerity?"

  From that part of speech, we can see many rhetoric has been used. Professor gave us the exact data to help us realize the strict social situations. Then for logos, because of the crisis of confidence, teacher blamed the girl at the beginning, that is reasonable. For pathos, in order to tell people trust is such a great thing between people, he made a metaphor of innocence, it did fit in at this time. Speechmaker wants us to understand how important the trust is and he does make it. That made me start to think about how to treat others more sincere.





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  1. The story about that girl and mother is a good story to enhance how important is trust,it is simple but hard for some people.

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  2. Through your explanation of his speech, I learned a lot. Your high school professor's speech makes me to want to try to trust people. And I really like the little story.

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  3. I agree with your opinion . people need to know how to persuade the other people with using rhetoric

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