Checkers Speech
The Checkers Speech - Richard Nixon The speaker does grab your attention by starting his speech by saying that he was not going to ignore what had been said about him, but instead confront the issue. ... Of course this is a persuasive speech in every form. ... The structure of the speech was well planned out and very convincing and strong. ... At the end of the speech when he is done with defending himself, he states that "Yes" I did accept a gift once. ... From this point he has completed the defensive speech and continues his persuasive speech about voting for Eisenhower. Nixon does close his speech with a memorable conclusion. ... I think that the overall evaluation of the organizational aspects of the speech were very persuasive. ... His structure of his speech was captivating. ... Nixons did use some notes at the beginning of his speech and then did not towards the end. ... His pitch was lower in the beginning and became higher and stronger towards the end of his speech and he was very articulate. ... He sat during the first half of the speech and then when his pitch got stronger and more confident he rose from his seat and his hand gestures were more apparent. ... I will have to stay true to my overall feeling that Nixons speech was very thought out and effective his delivery of the speech was convincing. ... I would evaluate Nixons speech as being primarily ethical. ... My opinion is solely based on information that I heard in the speech and not would I currently know of Nixon to be.