The primary focus of a persuasive speech is to persuade, be it a product or an event. Persuasion is necessary to encourage people to be interested in what you are talking about.
I️ believe the word ‘sadistic’ would be the poor word choice in this sentence.
Some words I’d suggest would be, “Spirited, sprightly, frisky, combative, quarrelsome,”
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Like a starving beast, the fire consumed the forest.
There is use of figurative language here indicated by the phrase starving beast. Fire is compared to a starving beast by use of simile.