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Steve Jobs Rhetorical Analysis

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Introduction:
Throughout the years of presentations and marketing of products, Steve Jobs was one of the most great and successful presenters who walked on stage. His presentations are still viewed on YouTube till today in order to learn his presentation skills , techniques and keynotes , which made it and evidence to his successful journey of presenting and marketing for his products . Many presenters now a days consider Job’s as a role model for them. Even though Jobs faced a lot of consequences in his young age, for example he wasn’t able to complete his education because he thought that he would take advantage of his brilliant mind and go achieve his dreams apart from college and degrees, His connection with the audience was also inspiring …show more content…

Those made his love and passion reach to his audience. He used some exciting words such as “ awesome,great,cool,etc….” to make his presentations full of energy, so his audience can also feel it, sometimes he used to say jokes in stage just to take of the awkwardness people may also feel. His smile and movement on stage was also an evident in his words that made people believe what he says.
Movements in stage was also an important point he focused on because whenever we see his presentations, we can point out that he moved a lot while speaking with the audience with making sure not to distract people who are watching the presentation. He also focused on moving his hands while speaking and made sure to have an eye contact with the …show more content…

Storytelling:
Steve Jobs created his own way in delivering his presentations, his slides were introduced as an art form that grabbed people’s attention and made him market his products in a unique way because he basically knew what would the audience and other people would accept.
Steve Jobs was always introducing a villain in every story he says while marketing his products to show people what problems are they facing every day and how his new product will be a solution to all of the problems he was pointing out , which made him convince the audience so easily from what he says. Steve Jobs always excites his audience by keeping the best options and facilities of his new products to the last so he can keep them focused with him.
Sometimes he used to mention some stories about his daily life apart from the topic of presentations. For example, he once mentioned his cancer treatment journey to his audience and that was so emotional to them, and many other stories he used to say just to make sure his audience won’t get bored while listening to him.
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