What is the speaker's point of view or perspective? What is he trying to convince his audience to believe? What does he want them to do? How do you know? How does the speaker use evidence to support his position? Why do you think he chose this evidence?

What rhetorical techniques does the speaker use, such as appeals to emotion, logic and common sense, or authority and moral character? What about nonverbal communication, such as gestures, eye contact, or facial expressions? What are some examples of these rhetorical techniques?

What are some of the argument's weaknesses? Do these weaknesses involve logical fallacies, misuse of evidence, lack of evidence, poor consideration of the needs of the audience, or something else? What are some examples?

Based on your analysis of the main point, evidence, rhetorical appeals, and weaknesses of the speech, write a paragraph offering your balanced assessment of the speech as a whole.

The excerpt above is from page 21 of harry potter and the sorcerers stone by j.k rowling. which passage represents a

Wind blowing briskly leaves falling from the tree which best identifies the form of poetry represented by the stanza? 1.) free verse2.) iambic pentameter3.)sonnet4.) quatain

Announcer two: ladies and gentlemen, following on the news given in our bulletin a moment ago, the government meteorological bureau has requested the large observatories of the country to keep an astronomical watch on any further disturbances occurring on the planet mars. due to the unusual nature of this occurrence, we have arranged an interview with noted astronomer professor pierson, who will give us his views on the event. in a few moments we will take you to the princeton observatory at princeton, new jersey. we return you until then to the music of ramón raquello and his orchestra. the passage is from the transcript of the radio adaptation of the war of the worlds by h. g. wells. instead of including expert interviews, h. g. wells uses a narrator to tell about an alien invasion that occurred a few years earlier. by including expert interviews, how does the radio broadcast change the story most effectively? o.a. it puts the story in the past tense, increasing its personal tone. o o b. it makes the broadcast sound more like a fictional story. o o c. it makes the broadcast sound like a news report. o d. it makes the story sound less believable by changing who presents the story's details.