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Informative Speech: How Did It Be The Most Effective?

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When giving my informative speech, I presented many facts and statics to my audience. I was trying to give my audience more knowledge over my topic. I wanted my audience to leave with information they didn’t have before my speech. When giving my persuasive speech, I was trying to convince my audience to stop eating fast food. I still presented some facts, but I tried to keep my audience entertained. During my persuasive speech, I asked the students to choose a side. By asking the audience to choose sides I was asking my audience to take action.

2. What were your strengths? What were your greatest opportunities for improvement?
During my informative speech, I did not have much confidence. Thus, I talked extremely fast and quietly. For my persuasive speech, I practiced more. In addition, I had to remind myself to slow my pace down and to talk slower. I tried to relax and control my breathing while giving my speech. I think my strengths were learning to control my tone of voice. In addition, I learned to slow down my pace.

3. How did you peers do? What methods jumped out as most effective? Were there any speeches you found were ineffective? If so, why?

My peers did great. Many methods jumped out to me. was one of peers did a speech on recycling. One method that I think was most effective she had …show more content…

I have always been nervous when speaking in groups even small groups. However, I learned that the more I practice the easier it will be to present in front of large crowds. I learned that by taking deep breathes during my speech I can slow down my pace when speaking. In addition, taking deep breathes helped slow down my heart rate which helped me avoid becoming nervous. I also learned that if I want to be heard I must speak louder. Also, I must speak with a stronger tone. By learning these methods, I have learned how to communicate with others

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