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    Melanie Ramsey Jared Birnbaum Communications 3, 3:00 – 3:50 September 17, 2016 Audience Analysis Paper When it comes to writing and presenting a speech, the audience is a big factor to account for. Who are you speaking to? How do you grab their attention? Where, when, and why are you speaking to these people? There are a lot of things to consider when there is a presentation to be given. When analyzing an audience, there is a process in which to go about doing so. First, identify the characteristics

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    When making a speech, it is important that the speaker understands who their audience is. By understanding the characteristics of their listeners, the speaker is able to tailor their speech so that it involves topics that interest the audience. The listeners will then be more attentive and interest in listening to the message. In this Communication class, my classmates are my audience because they are the ones who will be listening and giving me feedback. In order to make effective speeches, there

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    My Literacy Speech

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    people help me, I think it was also because in my first first grade class I don't remember having any friends but in my second one I remember having several and even a crush. My first day in speech I don’t remember that well but I do remember who my teacher was and how much I loved her. I always loved going to speech in elementary because it was like my little secret because they would never announce it to the whole class and most of the time they didn't even have to

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    Devotional Speech Evaluation By far my devotional speech has been my best one yet. While giving this speech I didn't feel the normal butterflies or sweaty palms like I usually do but I felt confidence and ease while giving my speech. Even though this was my best speech, I still have things I can do to even better my speech so every time that I get up in front of an audience to speak it gets better and better. Nothing comes without practice, so the only thing I can do to get better is practice.

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    Even though this was our class’ first speech, not only did everyone bring exciting topics to discuss, but we were also able to effectively use the conventions of an informative speech. Not everything was perfect yet, as there are still some tweaks or improvements that can be made as we strive to better our public speaking skills. Taking a look at the speeches by Mariapia, Elizabeth, and Ashley I will evaluate their speeches for effective openings, notable transitions, and other achievements in their

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    Speech of Information and Diversity Christina Montgomery 2/22/2017 I. Introduction: A. Attention Getter: “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” –Nelson Mandela B. Thesis: I am going to inform you about some of the differences in the Chinese and American education systems. C. Preview: Some of the important aspects we will look at today are what a typical school day looks like, standardized testing, and how the government plays a role in the education

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    What did I do to prepare my informative speech? I spent a lot more time on this speech than my last one. I practice maybe like 5 times because I wanted to know that what I had written down was the correct way to inform my peers. I had to spend more time on this because it was about something I like and I really wanted to inform my peers about a part of my life. How did I feel when I was up in front of my peers? I felt fine, a lot better than my last speech, I think it was because I practiced more

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    feels like he knows where he’s at and runs it. His speech regarding the “No Smoking Policy” was outstanding in such a way it was well spoken. In my opinion why he deserves to win the most effective overall speaker would have to be because of his charisma, preparation, confidence, and attitude on stage. His charisma was amazing. He was always happy and willing to make something funny out of serious embarrassing moments for example when he gave the speech about dating two people at once others can view

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    Humorous Wedding Speech

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    An intriguing speech event that I take part of in my daily life is at the place of my work; a restaurant in Old Town. Under the employ in the service industry, it’s a common knowledge among co-workers that speech patterns change when interacting with a customer. It becomes a running joke between co-workers, mimicking the heightened, sociable pitches and over friendly choices of words. As a waitress in a typical restaurant setting, the content of this unofficial speech event are the repeated cycles

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    Speech Self-Analysis

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    introduction as it was my most memorized part of my speech. I believe overall, this speech was among one of my best speeches given during the duration of the course. I believe I gave my audience great life examples during my speech to help them not repeat the same mistakes I made. Focus your assessment on what you would like to change about your speech. Analyze your speech considering all aspects of the rubric. What would you like to change about this speech? This section is worth 4 points. I would change

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