Personal Narrative Analysis

As I watched my video I thought I did an excellent job with the overall speech on the different parts of the guitar. My rate was just right, I had vocal variety in all the right places to emphasize on certain aspects, and used my guitar as a visual aid effectively. I also improved my page turning and smiling which I lacked on in my first speech. However, not everything was perfect. I had two grammatical errors towards the end of my speech and possibly some bias. Compared to my first speech, I was not nearly as nervous. Any nervousness I did have while pressenting was not apparent at all in my video. I was slightly nervous because I was not sure if I would be able to execute using my visual aid properly. As I practiced, I was not having the easiest time turning my pages which was what I had to improve on in my first speech. I knew I had to fix that because not only was I already told to improve on my page turning skills, but it also could make my visual aid look more like a hinderance to my speech. However, as I practiced I realized it was much easier to turn pages if I stood while giving the speech so I made the adjustment which worked well in the final presentation. …show more content…
In particular the parts where I said “Since the pick guard can be removed and replaced it can keep the visual look of the guitar intact” and “as my title says…” While writing my speech I had a gut feeling those two phrases would cause me some trouble, but at that moment I could not figure out other ways to phrase them. In this case I would have benefitted from someone else reading over my speech. Also, while writing my conclusion, which included my title, I wanted to make sure that it had a good flow to it. I had difficulty finding a way to do that so I used “as my title says…” which didnt sound right either, but better than the other options I had. I also had a similar feeling with another part of my