I: Organizational Pattern: Rogerian Christa Porter examines what a true friend is. She does this by establishing a presentation with a Rogerian pattern as it’s basis. This pattern is seen in several aspects mentioned by Porter, the more obvious aspect is when she invites the audience to give their opinion of what a true friend is. Porter is basically discovering what the listener’s positions are when asking what they think a true friend …showed first 75 words of 785 total…

…showed last 75 words of 785 total…of her presentation is trusting in God, but does not add any good-byes, thank yous or at least a closing prayer. Porter’s closing could have been more effective if she said something to the nature of “so we learned today that..., so let’s say a prayer for all of our friends and friends of our parents”, and so on. Overall, this presentation was short, but effective, with the exception of a couple flaws.