Components

The components that go into an introduction of a speech are the following things: attention getter,purpose,thesis,establishing credibility, and a preview of the main points one is going to be speaking about. I took notice that all of these elements are used in our speech outline examples as well, it all makes sense. By including an attention getter, the speaker will do exactly what it says, get the attention of people, in this case, the audience. For my speech, my attention getter is going to be, "How many of you have filled out a FAFSA before?" For those who have and for those who havn't, well I think it will grab their attention because they might feel anxious towards the subject, or maybe not, I might need to work on it.The purpose of including a purpose and a thesis is for the audience to know what the speaker is going to talk about and why they are going to speak about it. Including your main points in the introduction is very pivotal because you will allow the audience to know about the main things you are going to be talking about, that way they will know from the beginning and not have to guess what your main points are throughout the speech.

The components that go into a conclusion are a review of the main points (the ones used in the introduction, a reinforcement of the purpose, and a closure.

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Speech Buddies!

Hey there! Throughout the five videos, I learned a little something about having a good effective introduction as well as an effective conclusion. By having an effective introduction,you catch the audience's attention. When one is doing their introduction, they should first of all, start out with an attention getter, whether it be an interesting fact,a question,etc. Secondly, one must tell the audience the purpose of their speech and give a statement that should be maintained throughout the entire speech, in other words, a thesis. Lastly, one must let the audience know their three main points. Evan does a very good job by giving the audience his main-points which was expressed in his powerpoint. In addition, he starts off his speech with a quote who's purpose is to catch the audiences attention. In order to have an effective conclusion, one must review their main-points, in other words, repeat them back to the audience, reinforce the purpose and have a good concluding sentence for closure. Having both an effective introduction and conclusion will more then likely allow one to have an effective speech. :)

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Chapter 7 & 8 Concept

A concept I found useful and interesting was the "Definition by Analogy," section. To explain, as stated in the book, "Speakers often use analogies to help an audience understand something new to them." I like analogies for the simple fact that you can use them in order to get a friend or audience to better understand what you are trying to say. I think this is important because the audience may be totally confused about what the speaker is talking about. If the speaker were to put it in terms that the audience understands, then they will most likely get what the speaker is talking about; hence, being able to get their point more across. 

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Facts and Statistics

Facts and statistics are most effective when doing a logical appeal. By a logical appeal, I mean an appeal that is the most persuasive,in otherwords, the most convincing. So if you are trying to convince/persuade an audience, facts and statistics are the way to go. The facts and statistics should be made in the beginning or the middle of a speech. You don't ever really want to include too many facts and statistics (even though they are all really interesting) because you will just get the audience to zone out and not pay attention. Just get enough to get your point across and try to persuade the audience.

-d.j!

Chapter 7 and 8 Speech Buddies

I believe that the speech buddy videos for this week really gave me a leg up. To explain, I learned a good number of things that will help me on preparing a future speech. In video 7.1, I learned about how different uses of support can help out my speech. The different types of uses I am talking about are the use of support such as statistics,facts, and other sources. Using facts and statistics is very pivotal in speeches because you can really support your idea, in otherwords, the point you are trying to get to the audience. Video 7.2 has to do with the credibility of newspapers, magazines, journals, etc. I read the Spartan Daily everyday, and receive The Californian back at my hometown everyday. I love reading it because despite the opinion column, the newspaper has much credibility,as do journals and some magazines. The videos for chapter 8 were more into the structure of a speech. I learned about some of the patterns which I may consider using for my next speech.

-d.j!

Self Evaluation

Compared to any other speech I have ever done, I'd have to say that our first speech was

a great improvement. I say this because I had been shy almost all of elementary,grade school, and about half of my high school years. In the past, I had gotten super shy and my voice would crack and all that bad stuff. My topic was pinatas and well my purpose was to inform the audience of three things, and I believe I was able to inform them of it, but in a sort of vague way. By vague, I mean unclear. I thought I was comfortable at first, before going up to the front of the class. Once I got up there, tons and tons of things started running through my head, like how people say that a picture can say a thousand words, well all of those words were running through my head. Weird metaphor, but so true. I did not feel confident whatsoever.

If I had to do the entire speech over again, I would work on my preparation way more, and the delivery. I say this because while I was in front of the class, my form of delivery was really bad. I had practiced in front of my roommates, but thats only two people. In terms of content for my next speech,I am going to try and include the citations to be read aloud, that way my speech will have more credibility and people will know where I got the information. In terms of delivery, I am going to try and practice in front of a larger crowd beforehand, and have them criticize me and also let me know whether I move to much, because as shown in the video, I really do. I started feeling confident right at the beginning of the speech, but my confidence decreased by about 80% after the whole, "Marco,Polo!" attention getter.

After watching the video, the first thing I noticed was the attention getter. I think it did catch the audiences attention when saying, "Marco!" and having some members of the audience say "Polo!" I also noticed that right from the start, I kept scanning my notecards which is really bad. In addition, I used many fillers, like "like,umm,"etc. I noticed that I did do some distracting things. To explain, I kept moving a lot which must be really distracting. One thing that I really didn't like was how unconfident I seemed. I would say things like, " umm.yeah.."

Next time I need to sound a whole lot more confident when talking about a topic that I had preparation for. On a scale from 1-10, I would rate my eye contact as a 5. I kept eye contact with the audience at the very beginning, but after a while, my eyes just went onto the notecards. During the course of my speech, I mentioned only one of my source citations. The source citation included the title of the article about the origin of the pinata which I had gotten from the sjlibrary.org website. Next time I need to say four oral citations,not just one. Afterall, oral citations adds credibility to one's speech.

On a scale from A to F, I'd give myself a C-, only because it was our very first speech. If it had been our final speech, however, then I'd have to give myself a D. I say a C- because it was our very first speech for the class, but also because I was very unprepared for the speech. A good speech which would be graded as an A or a B speech would have had the speaker have very good eye contact, and seem confident.