A Shield Speech Analysis

Senator Joseph McCarthy is notorious for his speech where he claimed to have a list of two hundred five communists. He became partially responsible for the communist witch hunts, which cost many people their jobs and their reputations. In his speech “Enemies From Within,” he uses metaphors and appeals to ethos and pathos in order to convince his audience that communism is a major threat to the US, and many powerful people are communist. The United States and USSR were allies during World War II, and only after the war did tensions arise. McCarthy uses metaphors to explain why communism was not treated as such a threat until after the war. He states that the apathy towards communism was due to an “emotional hangover” caused by the war, and “this

The document that I selected to analyze is document 25-1. Document 25-1 was a speech made by Former President Franklin D. Roosevelt that addressed Congress in 1941. The reason as to why the document was written, was because Former President Franklin D. Roosevelt was explaining to Congress how the feelings felt by the Americans the day after Pearl Harbor. A historical theme that relates to this is the United States involvement in the Second World War. Before the attack, many Americans made it clear that they did not want to be involved in another foreign war. Former President Franklin D. Roosevelt did his best to not involve Americans in another foreign war, however, after the Japanese surprise attack l on Pearl Harbor, eased the American hesitations

I am normally a very anxious person about giving any kind of presentation. I loathe being the center of attention and always have but that time I was enthusiastic. I was going to get over my fear that day. I told myself everything would be fine and even if I messed up no one would care. I had everything planned out a day in advance. I cannot remember now what my sermon was going to be about but I remember the events leading up to the time I was going to give it.

In life, there are undoubtedly going to be a handful major events that may affect you in a really major way and change who you are as a person. But that’s it, there really is only a handful. The rest of the pleasure and enjoyment in life comes from the small moments. These moments aren’t necessarily awe-inspiring or mind-boggingly complex, but they put a little pep in your step or may cause you to think about something in a slightly different way. I think that’s what you have to focus on when you are performing for an audience. You need to create those moments for them, like ChiPs did for me, where I am still quoting a line from the show a week later to one of my good friends that I went with. The little moments are what matter; the little moments are what you remember. The little moments just may be a big deal after

Growing up as a somewhat shy and quiet person, I had never been quite fond of speaking in front of other classmates. Not only that, but I felt extra pressure when presenting because I knew that the room was filled with an abundance of highly intelligent peers. Looking back when presenting, I constantly would read off of a powerpoint and never face the audience. Nevertheless, with the help of Mrs. O’Grady, I have realized the importance of eye contact and posture when presenting in front of others. Moreover, I’ve mastered how to speak loud and clearly to a audience and make sure not to speak too fast or too slow, but at a right pace. As a thinker, I know allow myself to have a creative mind when learning about new topics. Additionally, I always keep an open mind to different topics and perspectives, and am no longer one-sided on certain situations. Overall, I believe that this year has helped me progress in many different

In addition, before I would present I had a constant fear that I would mess up on the presentation. For example, I felt as though I would be intimidated, stutter, or even start to blush. However, after my second presentation I started fixing my mistakes, speak longer, and was able to make myself comfortable. Speaking to students about a field I knew about made it seem as though I were presenting for a company. Even though, the scenario was completely different, the structure of presenting in front of students is the same as performing towards workers from a

For all those deathly afraid of talking in front of unknown strangers, here are some ways to help while presenting, and feel a little less anxiety, I hope. I recently watched the Ted Talk titled “How to Spot a Liar” by Pamela Meyer. This Talk was very intriguing and made me think about myself, which is something I like after watching a speech. But as I was watching, I came over some characteristics of an effective speaker and speech.

The room was open and cool, favorable to make sure everyone can see and hear what we had to say. One by one each board member, each with their own information to share went on until it was my turn. Once I got up in front of all the people, the nerves and pressure seemed to disappear from my shoulders, like putting down an old burden. As I talked, I relaxed and got comfortable with the audience, cracking jokes to ease any of my leftover tensions. Once I was done I sat down, and realized how easy it was for me to speak in front of all those people.

I have always absolutely hated public speaking for as long as I can remember. To my dismay, I was obligated last year by team tradition to deliver speeches about a few graduating seniors at the Cross Country banquet. My initial reaction was that I was going to write as short of a speech as possible and get it over with quickly. While the temptation was extremely strong, I decided that I was going to suck it up and give my seniors a proper send off. Many weeks and many drafts later I kept rehearsing my speeches in the mirror until I got it right. The banquet itself was by far one of the most stressful events I’ve ever attended. When I gave my speech, it finally felt good for the first time speaking in such a large crowd, something that I never

This public speaking course has taught me alot by helping me to become a better person and by growing me into something I never thought I could be.Speaking out loud always made me nervous, even when I was just reading a sentence from a book to some of my closest friends. Even though we are not even halfway through the school year, I have learned and improved so much. One of the first things this class had taught me was all about body language and how to present yourself to make an impression. Little things that we do can make us seem small, such as slouching, crossing our arms and legs, and looking at the ground, while others make us appear big, for instance, stretching, sitting up straight, and taking up alot space. Properly presenting yourself is important and can make a big difference in your life, whether it is for a job interview, meeting new people, or speaking in front of your peers. I have also learned to control and overcome my nervous habits, for example, playing with my hair, rocking back and forth, and moving my hands. Habits like these show the audience that you are nervous and it may turn their attention away from your speech and onto your actions. The audience-speaker relationship was also a great thing to learn. This relationship shows cause and effect, for example, when you lose the attention of your audience you may begin to second guess yourself leaving you to becoming nervous and self conscious. You then may start to panic and your speech may become a

This goal seemed difficult to accomplish because in the beginning of the semester and today I get nervous before presenting. While reading the textbook for this course I have gained knowledge that nervousness can be used as positive energy to have smooth delivery and a successful speech. I am satisfied with my improvement not only in oral communications but also the improvements I have mad in other cases by using this method and goal to use my nervous to develop a strong effective speech/ presentation. I pan on using this technic for future presentations. It calms my nerves when I am presenting and displays that being nervous is a normal part of public speaking, however the way you handle that energy controls your experience when speaking in front of

This time around during the advocacy speeches I was a lot less nervous. It might have been because I have gotten so used to speaking in front of a specific group of people. I’m familiar with them and also the ways that they give speeches. Also preparing for the speech was not as much work as the previous assignments. Since I had previously did most of the research when preparing for the background speech, it wasn’t as time consuming. The only thing to do was pick a specific topic and give my viewpoint on it. I am very opinionated so it was easy to create a script on something that I am so passionate about. I feel as if I have learned a lot about public speaking from watching the different approaches that various people had taken.

Public speaking is one of the most trivialize mastery taught in school, yet it one of the most beneficial thing that we need to overcome some way or another. I’ve been an AVID student for 6 years in total, the AVID program taught me how to be a more outgoing and fearless individual; when it came time to present in front of numerous students. Before, the Avid program I was tense when it came time to my turn to present my topic to the class. People tend to be stressed about doing presentations, because they see countless pairs of eyes setting on them and that makes them very nervous. Individuals have a tendency to freeze, cry, or even have anxiety when they know that they are going to be put in the spotlight. For me, I was constantly being engaged

My “Life in Bag” speech I felt went fairly well, I was surprised at how nervous I was presenting. I am interested in seeing how the next presentation goes, when I am explaining my career. Prior to the presentation I was a bit nervous not terribly though, I went second in the class so I didn’t have much time to worry about it. During the presentation I was far more nervous. It is different talking about you, once feelings are attached; it’s simpler to discuss something you have knowledge about but not a personal connection. The other thing that was different and a bit uncomfortable was being graded, I guess I know I am being judged when I present for work, however, I am in control of the room and that is new feeling. It was funny because

The most I was concerned with preparing for the video because I have a really tough time memorizing. Memorizing lines I figured would be extremely hard, and since it takes me a long time just to instill words to songs in my head. For most of my life, I believe that I have struggled with English, writing, and especially reading. Also, to better present, I figured that I would have to understand what I am saying. Fortunately, I had studied about two weeks prior to doing the recording, but the problem was that it was not grasping. I was reading and listening to my recording of the lines, so I had hoped that I would be better off starting early and memorizing. The lines just did not stick to me, I had put about thirty minutes of reading it most days. Later, I had understood the lines by picking them apart like what is done in class, but remembering is the hardest thing for me to do.