Watch speech to answer 9 questions

This is an application activity. It asks questions about the example informative speech that focused on traffic congestion in Seattle. That example speech is included in the 4.2 section of the week 4 module.

Your answers may not all be exactly right, but to receive full credit, your answers should demonstrate that you have watched the speech and gone through all the online materials on claims of fact and organization.

Answer each question to the best of your ability and explain your answer in 2-3 sentences.

video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKQWDrz3QDI

Question 1
What does the speaker do to grab the audience’s attention right away?
Question 2
What is his thesis/primary claim of fact?
Question 3
What is his preview statement? (This is a statement that concisely outlines your main points for your audience in your introduction)
Question 4
How does he organize his speech? What are his main points?
Question 5
How does he transition between main parts of his speech?(for example, between the introduction and the first main point).

Transcribe at least 2 transition sentences here, and for each one, explain how they signal to the audience that the speech is moving on to the next main point.
Question 6
What does he do the first time he cites INRIX and Commute Seattle? In addition to providing basic citation information, he does something else, which I talked about during the lecture. What does he do?
Question 7
Name 1 source he cites other than INRIX or Commute Seattle, and explain how that source was used to support one of the speaker’s points.
Question 8
Does he mostly steer clear of value and policy claims or not? Write out 2-3 sentences explaining your answer.
Question 9
How does he conclude his speech?