I have never heard of the Monroe's motivated sequence. After reading about it I actually like it. I think that it is important to have a plan or a layout so you know exactly what you want to do. I like that in this sequence you don't get to the problem until after you have grabbed the audience and establish the importances of the speech. I like that you leave the audience with how can we fix this problem.

I hate when teachers tell me to do this! I hate starting the body paragraph or the purpose of my speech. I always find it taking me forever to get started. I understand why people say it's better but I don't like it. The developing process comes differently to different people. So I don't think it is fair that this is the best way for everyone to work.

I have never thought of using a magazine as a source for a speech. For any paper honestly. I wonder if I know someone that's ever used a magazine as a source. It just seems unprofessional to use that as a source.

I thought that this interesting because it's true. You have a speech be one general purpose. You have to incorporate other factors to make your speeches cohesive and entertaining. Nobody wants to listen to a speech of someone just reading facts off a piece of paper. Although people also don't want to hear an entertainment speech with absolutely no facts.

I have never really thought about my audience when I am giving my speech. I have thought about who I'm speaking to but It never accrued me to look further. I think that if you took the time to establish your audience and what you want your speech to be, you are able to execute it better. If you look at it from a psychological analysis state you can take the audiences 's beliefs,attitues and values.

I have heard of a self-fulfilling prophecies but that's not what I remember them being. These can be silent downfall. Most people don't even know that they are doing this to themselves. I wonder if these can work in reverse? This is why you should keep an open mind about people.

Communication is important on everyday to day bases. When it is positive it can help motivate and push us to be better. When it is negative most people tend to shut down and not try as hard. Some can take negative feedback and turn it into something positive and not let it hurt their self esteem. People with a strong Emotional IQ can take criticism better.

This is something that I have always tried to notice. When people grow up in similar ways they tend to relate to each other on a personal level. Where when you grow in different living situations, cultural backgrounds, economic backgrounds , you can still be friends. The relationship is different though. You can't fully understand the differences you two have.

First impressions are important in all aspects of your life.weather it is a personal relationship of a business relationship. How you behave and come across will affect how other see you in the future. If you are having a bad day and snap at someone you don't know, when they see you in the future they might assume that you are a mean or grouchy person.

I thought this was really interesting. When people are expecting something I think they hear what they want to hear and see what they want to see.I feel like this is defiantly something everyone goes through but It is not always recognized. I thought it was interesting that our brain has all these subconscious thoughts and undertones that we don't fully understand until after the moment.

Group communication is an interesting topic to me because everyone has to do it at least once in your life. Everyone had group projects in high school like the text says. Some people do not do well in those situations. That is a lack of skill in communications. Everyone should work on some parts of their communication because how important it is. It is weird to notice how much something has been in your life. That's why communication classes are so useful for people. They become better speakers, friends, listeners, employees, students.

People communicate and run conversations in their head and how they want them to go. Intrapersonal communication can cause so much peace or so much pain. What we tell ourselves every day and when we are deciding what to do, stems from our interpersonal communication. Which can affect how mentally sound a person is. Communication drives every person and molds how they are.

I learned about this in my high school speech class. I never realized how much went into communication. All of the little things we don't notice that go into communication. Words are and tones are just the surface level of communication. Lots of people that don't know about all of it. Communication is so complex.

This was so interesting to read this part. I had always know of the word rhetoric but that's not quite why I thought this was interesting. As a society if enough people get on a bandwagon we can change the whole persona of a word. If people can do it with words then what else could people manipulate and twist to fit a definition, an opinion or even a person. I hope that makes sense.

Reading this paragraph made me realize I'm out of touch with reality. It stuck with me because there are still people in the world that don't have access to cellphones & the internet. Where I get frustrated if I have to wait more than a couple seconds for a tie Tok video to load. Even my own grandparents are learning and adapting to the "internet Era."Where as kids in my generation it seems to be a second nature.