Betsy Elrod
Jenna Walters
Section 311
Informative Speech Video Assignment
Upon completing my informative speech on grocery store bakery cupcakes versus homemade cupcakes I was pleasantly surprised. I reviewed my main points, but didn’t try to memorize my speech. I could have done a few things better, but overall I believe I did well. I personally think that I improved from my demonstration speech to my informative speech.
The introduction to my speech went very well in my opinion. I knew what I was going to say to gain the attention of my audience and I believe I achieved that. I started off with a statement about how almost everyone has had a grocery store birthday cake at one point in his or her lives. This helped to connect my audience to my speech. This was similar to the introduction of my demonstration speech. I also gained credibility by stating that I have worked in both a grocery store bakery and an …show more content…
Vani Hari’s blog post, “Why You Shouldn’t Buy Supermarket Birthday Cakes,” gave me factual credibility about the ingredients used in supermarket baked goods, which was a big point in my speech. In Rachel Hennessey’s blog post, “Living In Color, The Potential Danger Of Artificial Food Dyes,” gave me information on the causes of ADHD based on the consumption of food dyes. The information on ADHD brings the issues to the attention of my audience because it is a big problem in today’s youth.
In my first transition I state that I am going to talk about my background. This transition is what gave me credibility. I go into my real world experience with my topic and it rounds out my introduction and my first main point. Another important transition was when I stated that some people may like frost-bite flavored cake and that I was going to talk about more serious issues. This added humor to my speech, but then added opposition by stating that a serious issue was about to be
Jenna Walters
Section 311
Informative Speech Video Assignment
Upon completing my informative speech on grocery store bakery cupcakes versus homemade cupcakes I was pleasantly surprised. I reviewed my main points, but didn’t try to memorize my speech. I could have done a few things better, but overall I believe I did well. I personally think that I improved from my demonstration speech to my informative speech.
The introduction to my speech went very well in my opinion. I knew what I was going to say to gain the attention of my audience and I believe I achieved that. I started off with a statement about how almost everyone has had a grocery store birthday cake at one point in his or her lives. This helped to connect my audience to my speech. This was similar to the introduction of my demonstration speech. I also gained credibility by stating that I have worked in both a grocery store bakery and an …show more content…
Vani Hari’s blog post, “Why You Shouldn’t Buy Supermarket Birthday Cakes,” gave me factual credibility about the ingredients used in supermarket baked goods, which was a big point in my speech. In Rachel Hennessey’s blog post, “Living In Color, The Potential Danger Of Artificial Food Dyes,” gave me information on the causes of ADHD based on the consumption of food dyes. The information on ADHD brings the issues to the attention of my audience because it is a big problem in today’s youth.
In my first transition I state that I am going to talk about my background. This transition is what gave me credibility. I go into my real world experience with my topic and it rounds out my introduction and my first main point. Another important transition was when I stated that some people may like frost-bite flavored cake and that I was going to talk about more serious issues. This added humor to my speech, but then added opposition by stating that a serious issue was about to be