Take a moment to describe the feelings you experienced while listening to an effective persuasive or motivational speech. Why do you think you felt this way? What did the speaker do or say to evoke these feelings in you? How did this speech affect your life?

During the motivational speech, I felt encouraged to do more and felt mentally touched by the speaker's story. I felt that way because that way because the speaker had put a great amount of emphasis on what she talked about. She had also made it seem as if she was personally talking to me instead of talking to a large crowd. The speech affected my life by giving me wisdom and better understanding of what she was talking about and made me feel like I could do more.