Day 66: 17 April 2012

How do we adjust message to audience?

Apply the rhetorical triangle the following situations. Assume that you are the speaker. How do you adjust how you talk about your message the message differently given your audience?

Situation 1

Context/Situation: You got into UGA.
Message: Expressing gratitude, thinking about ways to pay for your education
Audience (s):

• Mom, Dad, Friend, Wealthy Grandmother, UGA Admissions officer in a thank-you note.

Situation 2

Context/Situation: Panama wasn't kind to you. You need someone to bail you out of jail. Charge: breaking curfew and loitering.
Message: Get me out of here.

Audience (s):

• Mom, Dad, Friend, Grandmother, Arresting Officer

Brutus Eulogy for Caesar

Discuss the context for the speech.

List 5 things that you know about what is happening.

Optional:

• List 5 ways that you expect Brutus to talk to the people. What does he need to say given the situation?

3. Listen to Brutus' speech to the people.

• discuss the positioning of Brutus to the people.

4. How is the speech different than what you expected.