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Persuasive Speech Review I think that for the most part I did pretty well on this speech, but of course there are areas to improve upon such as more eye contact and slowing down my speech. My speech was very thoroughly researched, spending a week on the research and then a week working on my delivery. Another thing I did well on was I had absolutely no anxiety on this speech which is a huge improvement from my last speech when I was so concerned about forgetting a word or two and forgot most of my speech, resulting in me getting so nervous it was hard to deliver a speech! For this speech I wrote it, and then I read it, summarized it and wrote down notes on my summary so it was a lot easier for me to remember. It also helped tying the persuasive speech into my informative speech because I had extra information on the subject from my research from the previous speech. …show more content…

I am a very fast talker when I talk to my family and friends, so one thing I am very conscious about when I give a speech is slowing down even more then is comfortable to make sure I am speaking clear enough to be heard. I think I still need to slow down a little more but compared to the speeches I gave when I was way more nervous I see a slight improvement. When it comes to eye contact, I think again I am getting better but still nowhere close to where I need to be on the longer speeches. For the three to five minute speeches it is a lot easier for me to maintain pretty decent eye contact because it is easier to remember a shorter speech, but on the seven to five minute speeches there is a lot more to remember so I tend to refer to my notes a little more than I

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