Speech #1: Martin Luther King - I Have A Dream Speech - August 28, 1963
The strengths of the speech: In Martin Luther King’s speech, he has a well-organized speech and a powerful voice. He was confident, powerful and forceful in his speech. In the beginning, he used a history story to get the audience attention, which raises the audience interests. The topic of the speech is very clear, and there are many examples to support his argument. He also used a lot of repetition, such as "I have a dream", which highlighted his theme. He also used gestures and emphasis on individual words to highlight his speech. At the end of the speech, he said a slogan, which aroused the attention and resonance of all the audience and pushed the atmosphere of the speech to the highest point.
The weakness of the speech: In the first half of the speech, he lacked eye contact with the audience, and most of the time …show more content…
What have you learned that can help you in your own public speaking? From his speech I learned to keep the integrity of the speech, every point needs to be well organized. Also, I can emphasize the words, which is important and make the audience stay focus.
Speech #4: Barbara Jordan, Democratic National Convention Keynote Speech, 1976, part 2
The strengths of the speech: In Barbara Jordan’s speech, she is confident, and the speech is very fluent and infectious. The speech is well-organized and inspired. When she wants to emphasize a key point, she not only improves the volume, but also uses body language, pointing out that it is the key point. Her speech was full of enthusiasm and had full eye contact with the audience. At the same time, her speech was fluent, without any tone of speech.
The weakness of the speech: The main points in her speech need more sources and documents to support, although the speech is inspiring, it is lack of
The strengths of the speech: In Martin Luther King’s speech, he has a well-organized speech and a powerful voice. He was confident, powerful and forceful in his speech. In the beginning, he used a history story to get the audience attention, which raises the audience interests. The topic of the speech is very clear, and there are many examples to support his argument. He also used a lot of repetition, such as "I have a dream", which highlighted his theme. He also used gestures and emphasis on individual words to highlight his speech. At the end of the speech, he said a slogan, which aroused the attention and resonance of all the audience and pushed the atmosphere of the speech to the highest point.
The weakness of the speech: In the first half of the speech, he lacked eye contact with the audience, and most of the time …show more content…
What have you learned that can help you in your own public speaking? From his speech I learned to keep the integrity of the speech, every point needs to be well organized. Also, I can emphasize the words, which is important and make the audience stay focus.
Speech #4: Barbara Jordan, Democratic National Convention Keynote Speech, 1976, part 2
The strengths of the speech: In Barbara Jordan’s speech, she is confident, and the speech is very fluent and infectious. The speech is well-organized and inspired. When she wants to emphasize a key point, she not only improves the volume, but also uses body language, pointing out that it is the key point. Her speech was full of enthusiasm and had full eye contact with the audience. At the same time, her speech was fluent, without any tone of speech.
The weakness of the speech: The main points in her speech need more sources and documents to support, although the speech is inspiring, it is lack of