...Speech # 3 – Personal Interest Speech 4-6 minutes General Purpose: To inform Specific Objectives: ➢ To expand effective delivery technique and to have the opportunity to speak on a topic of personal interest with high rate of success. ➢ To incorporate the use of a presentation aid as support material into your public speaking. ➢ To build confidence in Public Speaking through an assignment that draws on speaker’s personal interest in music, literature, or an object of significant meaning in the speaker’s life. Description/Requirements: Each student must choose a favorite song, piece of literature, or object he or she feels (1) has a personally significant message; (2) expresses an idea representative of his or her generation or culture; and (3) explains something that is important and relevant to society. In this speech, the speaker must consider him/herself a “teacher” (an informative speaker sharing information with your audience). A topical organizational pattern is suggested for this speech. OPTION ONE: This option requires you to choose a favorite song. Included in the speech must be: (1) a description of the song (e.g., composer/lyricist, its musicality, a description of the artist); (2) the song’s theme and its relevance to the class and/or society; (3) an oral interpretation of a section from the song; (4) the student's personal reaction to the song (i.e., why you chose it); and (5) an audio or visual portion of the song to be...
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...COM 225 Public Speaking Professional speech Critique Questions ***Please use this to evaluate your professional speeches. Please also remember to provide some type of proof of your attendance. 1. Who was the speaker? John Lynch 2. What was the topic of the speech? Finding your identity in Christ and not using masks to hide your weaknesses and sins. 3. How did the speaker establish his/her credibility? John is a very credible source, and he established that by referencing the book he is the author of, TrueFaced. TrueFaced was written by John and three other elders here at Open Door and its main focus is to teach us how to trust God and others with our hearts. 4. Did the speaker have an attention getter and describe it? He got the audience’s attention by creating the imagery of a fork in the road. One path is laden with self-achievement, stress, and loneliness; while the other is filled with grace, community, friendships and a sense of peace. He said that we are all standing at that fork in the road and we need to make a choice as to which way we want to live this life here on earth. The way he described this fork in the road brought everyone to his attention and left the audience anxious to listen to everything else he had to say about living your life with Jesus as a part of it. 5. What was the General Purpose of the speech? The general purpose of the speech was to inform Believers and non-believers of what these two different...
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...Informative Speech Assignment Information Speeches: 4 - 5 minutes Speech Day: Come to class early on speech days Do not disrupt other speeches by arriving late! Turn in your speech outline with a references page Purpose of Speech: To support a clear, one-sentence thesis To use at least three different kinds of supporting material To organize the speech with an appropriate and discernible structure To experiment with creative vocal delivery and presentation To demonstrate principles of effective audience-centered public speaking Please choose one of the following formats for your informative speech: • Present an activity, routine, or practice in a “how-to” instructional teaching lesson • Pick an everyday item and teach your audience “how-to” use it for a purpose it was not intended for Your informative speech should focus on the following: • Constructing creative ways to share information and communicate your credibility as a knowledgable speaker • Employing narrative (stories) and sensorial or image-rich language (metaphors etc.) • Presenting with enthusiasm and sharing your interest in this topic/process with us Your informative speech will be graded on the following criteria: • Practiced and improved delivery • Creative use of stories, vocals, images, gestures, body movement, props, and/or space • Turned in and typed speech outline (must be turned in on the day you speak) • Your ability to manage your time When planning your speech: • Tell a personal...
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...Speech to Entertain: An Overview The primary purpose of a speech to entertain is to have the audience relax, smile and enjoy the occasion. The speech should have a central theme or a focus. A series of jokes will NOT work well for this type of speech. Good speeches to entertain typically mix humor with more serious morals, lessons learned, or experiences. In other words, they have a real point to make… they are not just silly, slapstick humor. You can tell a lighthearted, personal story that reveals a life lesson you’ve learned or examine a familiar subject from a different and unexpected viewpoint or take a lighthearted look at a particular issue. Example: Summer jobs: “Summer jobs for high schoolers: The daily diary of the American Nightmare.” Additional suggestions for the composition and delivery of after dinner speeches are as follows: 1. Carefully select an interesting, timely, and appropriate topic. Having something familiar in the talk that the audience can relate to will enhance listener interest. 2. Build your speech around a central theme, moral, or idea. 3. Support your main point or central theme with colorful stories, narrative and examples. 4. Be imaginative and creative when delivering your talk. Few speeches demand more imagination and creativity than the speech to entertain. 5. Be positive and good-natured when delivering your talk—irony and sarcasm are acceptable but not bitterness. 6. Be optimistic and modest when speaking and create...
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...I was much more prepared for my informative speech compared to my Shield speech. All I did to prepare was make sure my outline was done and write notecards. I felt fairly comfortable in front of the class. I knew what I was going to talk about, my topic was not too hard to get enough information in four to six minutes without leaving anything out. The speech went well. I was in the time limit. I had good eye contact. My technology worked perfectly. The only thing I did not do was verbally cite my sources. Once I was done, I instantly thought about not citing my sources. I originally planned to cite each source at the end 0f each main point. I forgot about the first source and then quickly decided while giving my speech that I would throw them...
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...Learning to Communicate One of the many opportunities offered by the National FFA Organization is speech contests, which gives its members valuable life skills. Students gain a variety of skills from participating in these contests that help them to be successful throughout school and future careers. FFA speech contests teach students study and memorization skills, how to present themselves in front of an audience, how to think on their feet, and how to be confident in everyday situations. Preparation for these speech contests teach research and memorization skills. FFA speeches must be delivered in six to eight minutes by memory, and are followed by five minutes of questions...
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...The speech that I listened to was a speech by Melvin Russell and it is called, “I Love Being a Police Officer, but We Need Reform.” He was a very effective speaker his speech was very engaging and had some humor added to him. I would rate this speech as a nine out of ten points. The reason I would rate it this way is because he was very organized with his thoughts, he even had a piece of paper that he use to keep the speech going. He used real life examples to support what he was saying. The way he would say things would also make you think about think that you have been through. Melvin Russell said, “I need to say this: it's not just law enforcement, though. Because every one of us makes up a community. Everybody makes up a community. And as communities -- can I say this? -- we have put too much responsibility on law enforcement.” He made a very good point when he said this,...
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...The first credibility is from my instructor Dr. McIntosh, Anne. In my Demonstrative Speech Outline for my presentation, she gave me feedback on my performance and according to her I did a good job on my presentation. In the outline I included all of the requirements that was needed starting at the top with General Purpose, Specific Purpose, Central Idea, going down to the Introduction, the meat which is the Body, the Conclusion and the Bibliography. According to my instructor, I dressed professionally, I stated my credibility, had good resources in alphabetical format, my transitions were good and I also used verbal citations in my speech from research related to my topic. With that being said she gave me two grades. I received a 14.25/15 on my speech and for the outline I received a 4.75/5. I was pleased to know that I did well however, I can do better. The second credibility is consolidated with my classmate perception of my presentation and my roommate feedback. My classmate Mena Howash gave me feedback on my presentation. He mentioned that my voice was appropriate and well heard and I had great eye contact with my...
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...presentation should be audience adapted, organized, extemporaneous and informative. Using the forms of support discussed in the text, develop and construct a speech of description, demonstration, or explanation. 1. Speech of Description: This speech should provide a “clear picture” of your subject. Describing the Statue of Liberty is an example of this type of speech. 2. Speech of Demonstration: This speech should help the listener learn a new skill, behavior, or technique. Showing students how to create a web site is an example of this type of speech. (See my web page for a list of ideas on How To speeches) 3. Speech of Explanation: This speech offers information about topics that are abstract and difficult to understand. Explaining the effects of global warming is an example of this type of speech. Procedures: Select one of the above and develop a 5-7 minute presentation. The speech should be carefully organized and contain a clear purpose statement. (We will discuss the outline format in class) Use visual aids where appropriate. (Note for Demonstration speeches visual aids are required) Use an extemporaneous speaking style. (DO NOT READ YOUR SPEECH) A typed full sentence outline is required and due one class date prior to the first assigned speech. (You will not be assigned a time slot without submitting your outline ON TIME.) A “Reference” page is required utilizing an APA style format. (4 to...
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...My introduction speech did not go as well as I had hoped. Although it didn’t go altogether badly, I feel like it didn’t go too badly. The audience seemed to be very attentive and receptive to what I was saying, and I found that to be encouraging. I thought that explaining my Lebanese heritage in a comical manner worked out very well, because it brought out my humorous personality and simultaneous allowed the audience to get to know my roots. Calling my sister a babe may have been a little bit weird, but the audience laughed nonetheless. My favorite part of my speech was the end, when I said that I like burritos. Frankly, I couldn’t think of anything to say and burritos are always my go-to. I mean, who doesn’t love burritos? I was a...
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...Persuasive Speech Outline Introduction How many pieces of paper do you go through in a semester? 50? 100? 1000? Now, how many of you throw it in the trashcan when they through with all of them? What about at lunch – how many times do you get a bottled drink to take around school, and end up throwing it right into the trash can when you’re done with it? This is a problem on a very large scale. There are too many people who simply don’t recycle, and this is slowly destroying our planet. I would like to talk about the problems we have with trash slowly building up on our planet, how recycling helps, and what we can do. Body a) There’s a big problem with trash slowly building up on our planet. a. In only a few decades, humans have managed to dump tons of garbage into the ocean. i....
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...Abubakr Mohamed 1. What I most liked about my speech was the first three and a half minutes because I started out my speech with confidence and strong voice that carries throughout the room. I also followed my outline and stick to it which made my purpose clear and showed the importance of the topic to the audience. Moreover my eye contacts was on entire audience , my posture was good , legs did not cross, no leaning on podium, and my hands movement was minimal and did not move too much which is the case when I usually talk to people. I think I also was able to show the importance of my topic to audience by getting their attention. I avoided making my speech to technical so it will be easy for those who are not familiar with the topic to understand. 2. After the three and a half minutes I started to rely heavily on my outline instead of eye contact and that the main point I need to work on. Also, I had multiple problems with stumbling over my words and using fill in words instead of speaking clearly and using very descriptive words. Furthermore, I saw that I tended to sway a lot, and that is something I will consciously try to fix during my next speech. In term of content, my outline needed more information and examples that will encourage the audience to ask questions after the speech and that will reflect their interest in my speech. For delivery , I was very nervous and I stumbled over my words and I had to pause longer than I should to recall my points ...
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...first thing I would like to say is "thank you." Not only has Harvard given me an extraordinary honour, but the weeks of fear and nausea I’ve endured at the thought of giving this commencement address have made me lose weight. A win-win situation! Now all I have to do is take deep breaths, squint at the red banners and convince myself that I am at the world’s largest Gryffindors' reunion. 首先请允许我说一声谢谢。哈佛不仅给了我无上的荣誉，连日来为这个演讲经受的恐惧和紧张，更令我减肥成功。这真是一个双赢的局面。现在我要做的就是深呼吸几下，眯着眼睛看看前面的大红横幅，安慰自己正在世界上最大的魔法学院聚会上。 Delivering a commencement address is a great responsibility; or so I thought until I cast my mind back to my own graduation. The commencement speaker that day was the distinguished British philosopher Baroness Mary Warnock. Reflecting on her speech has helped me enormously in writing this one, because it turns out that I can't remember a single word she said. This liberating discovery enables me to proceed without any fear that I might inadvertently influence you to abandon promising careers in business, law or politics for the giddy delights of becoming a gay wizard. 发表毕业演说是一个巨大的责任，至少在我回忆自己当年的毕业典礼前是这么认为的。那天做演讲的是英国著名的哲学家Baroness Mary Warnock，对她演讲的回忆，对我写今天的演讲稿，产生了极大的帮助，因为我不记得她说过的任何一句话了。这个发现让我释然，让我不再担心我可能会无意中影响你放弃在商业，法律或政治上的大好前途，转而醉心于成为一个快乐的魔法师。 You see? If all you remember in years to come is the 'gay wizard' joke, I've still come out ahead of Baroness Mary Warnock. Achievable goals - the first step to self-improvement....
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...Speeches can lead to an audience with different opinions about the message. Some people might support the speaker’s main points, while others will not. A speech that exemplifies this is the speech “Consciousness is Power”. Kochiyama was a famous Asian-American civil rights activist. She gave the speech “Consciousness is Power” on November 3,1995 to an audience of primarily Asian Americans. Speeches commonly leave people with mixed feelings about the message of the speech. It is very rare that everyone will interpret a speech in the same way. The difference in feelings can be attributed to several things. For example, the type of language choices made by the author can lead to a disconnect in terms of how supporter and non-supporter interprets...
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...Movie Review: The King’s Speech The King’s Speech relates to this course by showing someone who struggles with presenting speeches in front of large crowds of people, eventually gets over his fear and accomplishes his goal by giving an amazing speech. I’m almost for certain that more than half of my public speaking class is afraid to give a speech in front of people due to nerves. To me, giving a speech in front of people makes me nervous and scared. I feel like the King George VI because I tend to mumble and move around a lot when I give speeches. If I were in the King’s situation I would seek help just as he did. But instead of freaking out all the time, I would practice my speeches and try to find different tactics that would help me remain calm while I’m presenting. This movie makes me believe that public speaking is intimidating. But with a composed attitude and a straightforward speech I will be able to tackle the nerves and give a worthy speech. To form a good impression on the listeners I have to make eye contact with the audience members, speak slowly and loud, take pauses when needed, and show appropriate facial emotions when I’m sincere about what I have to say. When preparing my speech I have to create an introduction that gets the audience’s attention, so then they will become interested in what my speech is about. Seeing the King’s speeches fail made me realize that I should take appropriate actions when feeling apprehensive. I should act confident, know what...
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