A Rhetorical Analysis

One of the hardest skills in communications, is creating a thoughtful and engaging speech that not only entertains, but informs the audience. In my opinion, I believe my informative speech about Overfishing was good, but not great. My organization, research, and rehearsal could have been much tighter and some details were overlooked in my excitement when trying to present.

My visual aid was the strongest part about my speech. I brought in the ingredients to make Tiramisu to show which brands I like to use for the recipe. I also prepared Tiramisu for the class as my hold interest technique. To relate the topic to the audience, I told them that they could make this recipe when they want to impress someone. My credibility was also convincing as I informed the class I had researched and compiled the best recipe. My introduction in general was concise and convinced the audience pay attention to the rest of my speech. I also thought my tone was conversational and not too formal.

The introduction & attention getter were complete but weren’t very engaging, which in my opinion was my speeches biggest flaw. My speech wasn’t one that as soon as you heard it you gave it your undivided because the importance of they topic in my opinion was very subjective. In my opinion the me employing a very loud, lively attention getter would’ve

I will be critiquing my persuasive speech on puppy mills. The issue of puppy mills is one that is very important to me, and I was very dedicated to my speech. My speech informed the audience of the detrimental effects that puppy mills have on dogs, possible solutions to the problem, and how the audience could help. My persuasive goal was to try and convince the audience to help put a stop to the issue of puppy mills by adopting a dog from a shelter or rescue organization, or contacting their local legislature about the issue. My speech had assets and drawbacks which were apparent in my content and delivery. My strengths included my PowerPoint, the emotional appeal, and the commitment to my topic. My weaknesses were the length of my speech, maintaining eye contact, and my verbal delivery. However, these can be amended using several easy methods, such as timing myself while I practice, writing notes on my cards to remind me to keep eye contact, and practicing more in general. The most vital aspect of my speech was that it exhibited strong features.

I gave a speech about making a strawberry-banana smoothie. Overall, I feel as if I did a good job on this speech. It was an informative speech. Therefore, my goal was to teach people how to make a strawberry-banana smoothie. I feel like any person who saw the speech and the related demonstration would have been able to make a strawberry-banana smoothie. In addition, I feel like I kept the speech simple, so that someone could replicate the process at home without having to refer to notes or any written materials. My peer critiques agree with my self-assessment that the speech was good, overall, but highlighted an area for improvement.

After completing the speech, I thought I did good in some area and can improve other. While giving this speech I was able to focus on my topic and utilize given time. I thought I won’t be able to stand in front of the class and speak for that long, but I went over the time limit. I’m sure I was able to explain the subject matter and entertain audiences. I also believe I speak with a voice that is able to reach all audiences.

My introduction to speech was effective and caught the audience’s attention. Making sure I had an attention getter, creditability and a thesis statement kept the audience engaged. The main points that I decided to over in my speech were that Letchworth State Park offers yearlong activities, tons of hiking trails to explore, and camping for everyone. I believe that I got my

I believe I showed confidence, for the most part. I deliberately practiced going slow, because last time a few words were hard to understand due to the speed in which I was speaking. However, I think my nerves got the best of me and I didn’t go as slow as I would have liked. I need to make a conscious effort, while delivering, to slow down. On the bright side, I didn’t use the filler “um” nearly as many times as I did in my last speech, but it was still a distraction when I did. I also could have used pausing more effectively, especially since my topic was precognitive dreaming. Pausing would have been effective because of the tone of the topic. Another area that improved from my last speech was vocal variety, although not as drastically as I would have liked. I tend to choose a tone of voice in the beginning of my speech, and stick to it. Vocal variety would have kept the audience’s attention. The area where I could have improved the most in this particular speech was eye contact. It was hard not to read from my powerpoint, due to it being right in front of me. In order to avoid this, I should have moved out from behind the computer, which would have worked in my favor. Not only would it have allowed the audience to see me more clearly, but it also would have lessened the temptation to read from my

I think I did an outstanding job with my speech. I made my book shield. And I also made some note cards for myself. I need to practice more with Mrs. Stauffer. My book shield pages kept falling down. I will practice more with Mr. Stauffer, Mrs. Stauffer, and Mrs. Rupp. I need to work on looking up from my note cards. Speaking clearly is what I need to work on. I should have practiced more with teachers. I need to practice more in order to get better at creating and giving speeches. I need to work on making my voice louder and my speech lengthier longer. I needed to make everything I write lengthier than I usually do. I loved how creative I really was in my shield

I hated my speech. The failure that I achieved had nothing to do with the time it took to prepare, because there was a considerable amount of time spent on preparation. Nervous break downs aren’t common in my speeches, nor the monstrosity of a speech that I gave. When you tell us to talk about ourselves, nobody cares. I spent a lot of time on my outline, shield, and practicing my speech. I know that I don’t do well with these kind of speeches, so I really wanted to make sure I knew what I was doing.

My speech had a clear specific purpose, which I accomplished in the time given. It was well organized in the formal and keyword outline, as well as the speech that was given. There was clear distinction between my introduction, my body paragraphs, and my conclusion; and, I think the points transitioned together smoothly. I think for the speech it was difficult to know how much research I should actually do. If this speech was for students in any of the psychology course, then I would have conducted

After delivering my persuasive speech, I feel like my overall performance was quite great if I’m going to be honest with myself. There were some minor things that didn’t go so well that many people didn’t notice; I think, which I’ll address later.

Obviously, speeches are scary for anyone who hates public speaking. I happen to be one of those people; I get terribly nervous see all the faces staring at me. I am nervous about that sort of stuff, but I’m trying to get over it. Honestly, I think it was a great thing that I was able to get this speech out of the way. Once I get through doing something like this, I tend to get a lot more comfortable afterwards with my classmates. Doing these speeches even when I don’t want to is definitely a pro; it prepares me for the real world. I really liked the topic I presented. I felt that when I did this speech it was much better than the last one. I believe this happened because the topic was something I have done before and am very

For my personal speech, we had to pull three items to describe us from the past, present, and future..My first item for the past was my wrestling patch because I was a dedicated wrestler who gave my best everyday to the sport. My second item was a Jack Daniel bottle because I drank with my friend to enjoy life while I have it to release stess and moivate each other to be the best we can. My third item was an athetic tape to show I am in school studying to be an athletic trainer for my career. For my demonstration speech, I describe how to properly cook a kabob from scratch on what you need of food and spices, prepping it, and cooking it at the end on a grill. For my informative speech, I informed everyone about emotional abuse. I talked about what is it, how people get it by being lonely and unloved, what it cause people to do like depression and suicide, and on how to treat it. I also mention on how I turned out, the lucky one who affect turned out fine, and I end up being normal with no big effect to ruin my life. For my final speech, the persuasive speech, I tried to persuade my class on why we should maintain our body to be strong and healthy, so we do not get obese, and what we can do if we are overweight on how to lose weight.

I believe I improved on giving speeches by being able to interact with my audience. By giving my audience something to actually enjoy and want to pay attention too. I believe it also went well because no one else did a topic like mine. I still have things to work on such as finding ways to dress more nice even though I'm not comfortable enough to wear those outfits. I also need to work on making eye contact with everyone on the left side of the room and lastly, I will work towards speaking and not looking towards the smart board so my voice can only project towards my audience and not onto the