In my Speech 1 class, the class delivered informative speeches based on the topics students chose. Also, the class was assigned to do a peer evaluation and the student I had to evaluate was Emily. The specific purpose statement for Emily’s speech was “To inform my audience about Atrioventricular Canal Defect”, and her method of organization seemed to be topical, which is a good when informing your audience about a health problem. Also, the main points of her speech included: what is atrioventricular canal defect, what are the symptoms, and what are the treatment options. Although Emily’s speech had many strengths and weakness when it came to the content and delivery of her speech, overall she did a great job.…
In the speech delivered by Deng Xiaoping when he met with military officers ranked above the level of army commander on June 9, 1989, Deng Xiaoping scientifically analyzed the situations, definitely and affirmatively proclaimed to the public that the Party should comply with the policy formulated at the Third Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee, firmly insisted on the strategic goals of “three-step development strategy and uphold the basic line of one central task and two basic points”. He clearly answered some great questions about what banner China would hold and what path China would follow and what direction China would select. As a result, the situation was stabilized, the decision on strategy of reform and opening up was…
Santiago de Chile is a speech presented from Salvador Allende to Chilean workers in Chile Coup D’état, 1973. The intended audience of the speech was Chileans who suffered in the coup d’état. Throughout the speech, Allende addressed “workers of my country”, “modest women”, and “professionals” to defend the democracy from tyranny. The purpose of the speech is encouraging Chileans to make a sound judgement in fighting against the totalitarianism army force, while defending capitalism to thrive for peace and justice. This is because throughout the speech, Allende uses phrases like “I have faith in Chile and its destiny”, “I will always be next to you”, and “long live Chile! Long live the people! Long live the workers!” as an encouragement for…
Identify and evaluate the speaker’s thesis. What was the focus of the presentation? Did the speaker address the ideas presented in the thesis?…
Within the speech by Canassatego, the voices of the Natives was not the only thing captured; the feelings and the effects of colonization was also heard.…
The Presidential Election of 1986 between the Republican William McKinley and Democrat William Jennings Bryan, is thought to be one of the most impressive and complicated presidential elections in all of American History. One of the major highlights of the election was William Jennings Bryan’s “Cross of Gold” speech that sparked the people’s interest for the Democratic representative. This speech not only had a firm and well defined meaning, but its delivery was also delivered superbly. The speech itself was concerned with many problems, such as growing class divisions that later were the cause of many violent outbursts among the people. Money was the most prominent concern for the people in 1896 because of high employment rates and the fact that they were recovering from a few years of depression. The…
Debra Wuichet is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker from University of Tennessee. She is the Director of Social Services at North Mississippi State Hospital and has been working there for sixteen years. Her topic of the presentation was mental illnesses and schizophrenia. I really enjoyed her speech because I had little previous knowledge of mental illness. Even though I have taken a few classes that discussed the illnesses, I can understand better with stories or a way to imagine a situation and Debra provided that. Information that I thought I knew, was stuff I had assumed from watching television shows and movies. Most of that information is inaccurate.…
Johnson uses several key elements of a great speech to target his audience. One of the key elements he uses are powerful metaphors and paints vivid imagery. In the speech at the University of Michigan, Johnson says several metaphors and vivid imagery. One of the first is “I have come today from the turmoil of your capital to the tranquility of you campus to speak about the future of your country.” He is making a comparison to the nation's capital to the university campus and connecting to the audience. He goes on to say, The Great Society rests on abundance and liberty for all. This gives the Great Society a physical feature that can be felt, seen, and weighed. He is describing a solid foundation, which most believe is important for all things…
This was my first year of participating in the avid program, and to tell you the truth, I wasn't sure what to expect. However, I feel that with the help of Mr. Kaiser’s freshmen avid class, my first year of highschool will become one of my most memorable.…
Adora Svitak emphasized that learning between adults and kids should be reciprocal in her presentation which is ‘What Adults Can Learn From Kids?’. Although she accepted kids learn a lot of things from adults, she asserted that kids have a lot of things to share with adults. She proved that her presentation is realistic by real examples and pictures. According to several criteria, I liked this presentation. Although little girl has some deficiency, I admired her and her courage. There are three main criteria which are used when we evaluated presentations.…
Overall the delivery of the speech was average. Tyler’s delivery was best. She had enthusiasm and a smile the whole time while she was speaking. Tyler also had good volume and vocal variety. All the group members had appropriate volume and pitch. Some of the members paused unnecessarily which was a little distracting. They all used filler words three or more times. Pronunciation and articulation started off well but towards the end it became…
When she was a child, she had a dream of becoming a public speaker, and that dream was a force that made her try hard to reach the success in the future. Finally, the opportunity to satisfy her dream became true when she went to high school, where she could do all her speech in the front of hundred people. Now every time she starts the speech, the crowd always is attracted by her soft voice and pays all their attention to it. Although sometimes she is so nervous when she does it, she tries to get over her fearless and represent her topic with big smile. She also uses the most of her time reading to gain more knowledge to able make a perfect speech. Moreover, she joins every clubs in her school to have more friends and get involved with school activity as well as society. Finally, she masters her speaking skills and feels more confident every time she gives a…
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Task: How is language used to attempt to persuade the readers to share the point of view of Heidi Schwartz?…
My fellow student Chris gave a well-organized and coherently structured speech that followed the guidelines imparted to us in our textbooks. The use of vivid connectives and transitional sentences enabled his speech to flow rather smoothly. Overall he was very successful in conveying his message on smartphones to the audience. Like many of my other classmates, the only problems I picked up on were not in content of the oratory but in rapidity and articulacy – two things than can be attributed to presentation-day jitters.…