Getting Rid Of Malaria Speech Thesis

The speech delivered by Sonia Shah of 3 reasons we still haven't gotten rid of malaria does an excellent opening that grabs the audience's attention by stating a fact of what disease kills us the most at the introduction of her speech. This leads her to her thesis statement when she continues to address the issue of hand about Malaria and it's effect on us while she begins her persuasion of why we still haven't gotten rid of this disease at 1 minute and 25 seconds into her speech. She uses her time to allow the speech to gain passive agreement, although she seems like she's leaning towards taking action, she realizes the huge hurdle this could be as she gives helpful tips on how we can overcome the disease. Her preview into the body was strong that states a claim about what she's about to prove to the audience.

Then, she begins her facts about what the most important reason of why malaria is still a disease today, as she gets into the most scientific form of the reason. Her examples of personification of the parasite are "Just as a caterpillar turns into a butterfly, the malaria parasite transforms itself like that seven times in its life cycle," at 2 minutes and 35 seconds into the speech, giving factorial evidence on how complex this parasite is. In addition, she also uses an image of the parasite giving a more in-depth perception of the unique parasite while explaining how complex it