Informative Speech On Unicorns

Immediately, I had my topic chosen for the Oral Communications second speech, the Informative Speech; usually it takes me ages to come up with a subject, so it was nice to get the most difficult part of it out of the way straight from the get-go. I was prepared well in advance and had an extravagant introduction and conclusion planned. My outline and sources were finished and put together before many of my classmates that I knew of, and I was rehearsed and felt confident. It was an interesting choice, I thought, and I enjoyed learning what I did from the research. I thought the rest of the class would enjoy hearing about the topic, unicorns, too. I did feel a bit attached to my notecards, and the more I looked up the more I felt like I was improvising. Next time, I'll practice and rehearse even more so I stay fluent and sound knowledgeable, like I did this time, but can use even more eye contact. That will improve my
These come from ancient European stories gathered by the Greek doctor Ctesias based on Indian travelers' accounts. The unicorn was also being 'discovered' in Asia, where the Japanese believed this creature brought justice by punishing criminals, piercing their horns through their hearts. The Chinese had a unicorn which was peaceful, like the European unicorn, which was swift, isolated, and multicolored. It was a symbol of a just and good ruler, could live thousands of years, and had magical writing tattooed on its back of dragon scales. It was clear that the class enjoyed the variety of information I was giving, like these stories and descriptions from other cultures, even though the general topic itself was seemingly broad. I was worried I'd get off-topic, but at lunch when I first wrote this, Stephanie told me that she ended up writing about politicians in her journal. That in mind, I suppose I'm not too far off track.