Persuasive Techniques!

I think "#3 Appeal to the audience's emotions" is going to be the main part of my persuasive speech. This is saying that you need to be energetic and passionate about what you're saying.  If you do not have a factor that keeps your audience interested, such as toying with their emotions,  it will be as if you're not saying anything at all.  You must make them hear you!  If you have something that you truly care about this should be a piece of cake!  I plan to make sure I use this technique by picking something that I can get in to.  If you don't care about your topic how will you make other people care? Also, I will be enthusiastic when giving my speech.  I will try to vary my voice to make things not so "blah". Get amped up for your speech like this little guy is!

http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/excited-crocodile-cci

p.s. Mrs. Sims, I found this video on YouTube too! In the beginning of this class I was very nervous to see what it would be like so I researched anything I could find about speeches online! haha! I'm such a worrier!

Shopping Carts Are Scary!

A funny thing happened last night.. I was injured and was not able to make it to karate. :( My mom and I made a quick run to Wal-Mart for some much needed groceries.  We successfully managed to collect all of our (incredibly heavy) things we were running low on around the house and check out in under five hours! (: This is a huge accomplishment for my mom. So as we were struggling with our overflowing cart I must have gotten too close to the wheel of the cart. The cart slowly rolled over my pinky toe. The pain was...quite painful? Haha! But I didn't cry(: On our way home my mom grabbed a bag of frozen broccoli to place on my foot as she explained to me that she feared it was broken.  I assured her it wasn't.  Me and my toe are A-okay! No broken bones and as of today it is just red and puffy. The only thing broken is my heart from missing karate(:

A Stroke of Luck!

My truck absolutely hates me.... The windshield wipers only work when it isn't raining, my passenger side window doesn't open, the glove box doesn't stay shut, and the other day it even tried to take me hostage! My driver side door wouldn't open! I had to crawl out the passenger side! I've had some horrible luck... But a wonderful thing happened this morning! My passenger side window opened for the first time in months! My side windows were very foggy this morning and I couldn't see anything out of them.  This became a problem as I attempted to pull out onto the highway... This was when I realized that my truck may hate me, but it doesn't want to kill me(: It was a miracle!  I pressed the button and the window actually rolled down like it had for years in the past! After a little happy dance in the privacy of my vehicle I successfully pulled out onto the road without any problems at all!