Concept

hi! I think the concept from class that I thought was the most helpful was the adapting to your audience concept. I say this because this concept allowed me to fully understand what I should look for when planning a speech. Would I really want to talk about a certain subject if it is going to affect the way the audience responds? There are many diverse background and a speaker needs to take that to account, you can't speak about certain subjects if it is not appropriate, in otherwords, some people might not find it that enjoyable, so one needs to find a topic or choose a side that isn't offensive. In addition, I also like the concept about facts and statistics. When one includes facts and statistics, the audience has more reason to believe the speaker and be for their argument,instead of against, especially when it comes to a persuasive essay! -Jeter!

Evaluation!

Hi there! Well, I think I semi-sort of achieve the purpose of my speech. To explain, I was prepared for my speech, but I didn’t really quite get it across to my audience, at least I don’t think so. I felt sort of comfortable, but not all that much. I say this because I noticed in the video that I kept on touching my hair and was kind of fidgeting every so often. I felt somewhat confident at first, only because the professor had told us to take 3 deep breaths before beginning our speech, I felt that, that really helped me out, helped everyone out actually. Of course this excersise was going to help, it is also included in the speech Evolving Art book.

If I had to do the persuasive speech over again, I would have to practice a bit more. I did practice enough, so I think, I think that the problem was that I was trying to persuade an audience. I truly think that it is much harder to persuade an audience to do something, than to inform them of something.

Again, what I did that was distracting was the whole thing with my hair. I kept touching it every so often and I know I would have thought that would have been quite distracting if I were the one listening to one speak.

In this speech, what was different was the way I tried to persuade people. In my last speech, I was not trying to persuade anyone to do anything, I was simply informing them. In my final speech, I was trying to get people to do a certain thing. I gave example of athletes and proposed a solution and a visualization to what would happen if athletes were to continue doing what they are doing.

From a scale form 1-10, I would rate my eye contact a 6. I say a 6 because sure, I would look at the audience every now and then, but I would also look at the notecards. In my second speech,however, I know for a fact that I only looked at my speech cards for a little, not as much as I did for my final speech.

On a scale from A-F, I think I would give myself a C for a grade. I say this because, it was not the worst speech ever, but it was also not the best speech ever. A “B” is considered “average”, and a “C” is considered “average.” I believe that my speech was average, it was not a wow speech, but nor was it a whatever speech!

In this speech, I mentioned I believe one source citation. I should have added more, but I couldn’t really find a way to add them into the presentation.

Based on all three speeches, I know for a fact that I did way better on my second speech, the informative speech. I say this because I seemed to have been way more prepared and also because I did not really have to look down at my notecards because I knew much of the material. :)

-Jeter!

Future Endeavors.

Hi there!!

Well..what I am going to be taking from this class which I think will be helpful in the future will be the skills that I learned in public speaking this semester! I learned a lot of things, from

tips that help a person relax when speaking to an audience, (like how the professor told us to break in and out,take 3 deep breaths) making eye contact,keeping your speech at a steady pace, to observe what kind of audience you have, the different ethnicities and ideas of people so to speak. These are all very important and will allow one to have good future speeches. I want to become a high school english teacher so I am pretty sure that I will need good speaking skills because I will be speaking to a large group of students 5 days a week for years. I really think this class will help me in my career and will allow me to have better communication with my students. :)

-Jeter!

Favorite Speech

My favorite speech was the informative speech. I say this because I think I knew a lot about my topic. I mean, I knew the information from my other topics, but I guess my informative speech was close to heart. In other words, I was really into the topic because it affects everyone and it has affected me. My topic was the complexity of student aid so it was fun finding facts about the topic. I believe that the more interested one is in a topic, then the better the speaker's speech will come out much better then it would if one were to not be interested in their topic. :)

-Jeter!

Speech Buddy Videos

Hi!
The speech buddy videos that needed to be watched for this week had to do with home schooling. The pros and cons of this subject were talked about in the videos. In the con part of it,Robert uses evidence to make it clear on what side he is on, whether he is for, or against home schooling. If you want to get something clear and out to the audience, then you really want to have evidence and good supporting material so that they know what position you are taking. In the Pro video, Dixie uses reasoning,claims, and evidence which in return allows the audience to know where she stands and choose a side.
-Jeter!

Chapter 15 Concept

Hi!

The concept from chapter 15 of the speech book I found to be the most interesting and informative was the "Using REasoning Effectively" section. To start off, well the section describes the four types of reasonings that there are. The four types of reasoning are: deductive, inductive, casual, and analogical. I found this section to be even more helpful because there is somewhat of a chart in the book and it gives a "brief description" of the type of reasoning, it's "strengths," and it's "weaknesses." If one were to read them then they will know how the reasoning is most useful and what the risks are if you use it the wrong way. Reasoning,as stated in the book, is the method or process speakers use to link their evidence and claims. Reasoning allows the speaker to try and get the audience to accept his or her evidence which will later let them accept it as support for the claim the speaker is talking about.

-Jeter!

-Persuasion -->nicotine.

Hi!

Well okay, I'm trying to go back in time to think of a time when I tried to persuade someone to do something. I tried and am trying to get my boyfriend to quit smoking. He isn't necessarily addicted to the stuff, at least I don't think he is, but he does it every so often, and I wanted/want him to stop. I had learned about nicotine in my bio class about a month ago and so I had an abundance of facts, simple yet effective facts which will make a person think twice. I used the notes from class, I memorized everything there was to know about cigarettes, and I told him all about it. I told him all about the risks of cancer in almost every part of the body, how it affects the teeth, all that bad stuff. I think it was somewhat effective because he kind of looked at me kind of with this disgusted face, he had already known of some of the effects, but I went way deeper. He really has cut down on them,which is a really good thing. :)

-Jeter!