Speech Critique Essay

Jerry Seinfeld said during one of his shows, "I saw a thing, actually a study, that said speaking in front of a crowd is considered the number one fear of the average person. I found that amazing. Number two was death. Death is number two? This means to the average person if you have to be at a funeral you would rather be in the casket than doing the eulogy." While this is humorous it illustrates a good point; people are afraid of public speaking. Public speaking is defined as "the process of…

Everyday, every year, or even every minute of the day you’re in school you might just be called on by the teacher but, how does this help the students who are nervous about presenting or performing in front of peers? “It doesn’t help at all, actually it makes it worst for them and I know from experience,” says a 13 year old schoolboy that goes by the name Noah. Noah goes to Smith Middle School and has experience symptoms of stage fright, which may include sweaty/cold hands, ‘butterflies’ in the…

In order to deliver a successful speech, there are countless qualities that must be present to reach the emotion and logic of the crowd. Through the use of rhetorical strategies and by having ethics, a speaker or an author can connect with their audience; getting them involved with their writing. In May of 2011, a man by the name of Denzel Washington used multiple rhetorical strategies to deliver a graduation speech at the University of Pennsylvania. While revealing all of the difficult times…

When it comes to public speaking, my experience is quite barren. In fact, I have done only one public presentation in my entire life. Up until my enrollment in Olympic College I was never tasked with the objective of delivering a speech in front of an assembly. Considering the fact that I am a reserved person, I felt lucky to have avoided the attention that comes from such an event. In retrospect, it wouldn’t hurt to have gained some early experience with the craft. My first public presentation…

Final Speech Evaluation My experience in the the class was a lot better than I had expected. I really had big fear talking in front of people. First of all, even though I live in the U.S. For 18 years, I couldn 't be comfortable speaking in front of people in English, is my second language. Second, I am just scared of being center of attention. But the class setting was doing big favor to me. It was small class so I didn 't have to speech to 50 people. And the teacher, Mr. Sebern and…

Element 1: Persuasion Persuasion is the key to convincing someone to do something that you want. It is important because it helps you to have people believe what you are saying so you look more credible. Even if you do not really know what you are talking about, but look confident doing it, you can persuade people to think or believe anything. For example, Ryan Gosling uses persuasion in order to convince Emma Stone to have a drink with him. He becomes very persistent with his smooth,…

I am very thankful for taking this course as I feel I have vastly improved in multiple areas of my communication. I had never taken a course that involved writing a paper and then presenting a speech on it to the class. It was either one or the other, not both. That is what intrigued me to take this course before the semester started. For myself great strides were made in my ability to convince readers through the toulmin model, learned in this course. Help was received along the way…

Over the course of many years, various alterations have been made in our communication systems. With the help of technology, today 's engaged culture has developed a completely modernized language. Everyday, various changes in speech and writing are made because of the telecommunication inventions that are seen world wide. Technology has been a key factor in the development, involvement, and links that we see in everyday life. Language is a complex system of communication that is progressive,…

In the next speech, we see what Hamlet feelings are. He believes that he must hurry up and somehow get retribution on Claudius. Through these two speeches, we are able to see why revenge is such an important theme to the story and what it means towards the characters…

Practicing in front of a mirror over and over again will also help me memorize my speech more instead of relying on my note card as often, giving me more confidence while speaking. I tend to use my note card as a comforting thing when I get nervous and forget what I am about to say. It gives me the chance to collect my thoughts and remember what I was going to say as well as staying on track of where I was going in my speech. I need to learn how to talk at a slower rate when giving my speeches…