Reflection Of Writing A Speech

Commencement speech, a speech that is purposely produced to motivate, to give advices and to encourage its audiences. To this point in life, I myself have been through six of them, one in kindergarten, one in middle school, the latest one, of course in high school, and others are family members’ graduation ceremonies. Out of six, I cannot recall any standout advice from any of them, they have so much in common than differences. Recently I had a chance to watch Neil Gaiman’s speech, the one in 2012 at the University of Art through a YouTube video; although I only observed through a screen, I felt the connections, and especially inspired.

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.

David Foster Wallace talks about how the commencement speakers should speak about why they were chosen to give the speech. And why they are where they are basically how the college has made them accomplish. Every graduation anyone has ever been too everyone always belittles the commencement speeches

The tone of the speech is very polite and uplifting. Quindlen positively encourages the graduates to follow their own path by being who they are. Her viewpoint towards education, commencement, and life are well received as she reflects on her previous college years and how alike she was with the current graduates. Quindlen shows that she respects the aspects of today’s society through her tone of

Public speaking has always been very hard for me, I've never been the type to stand in front of an audience and speak or do a presentation. No matter how many times I've done presentations I've always get nervous or shy and always forget what I rehearsed. In the military I was training Nco, everytime we had a new marine check in to our unit or are shop. I would be the one to give them and the A presentation on what is expected of them and also give them information about the unit and our shop. In my opinion the Marine Corp prepared me for public speaking, especially if you where lower rank and your senior enlisted would throw you to the wolves and send you up there to give the

In 2010, Dr. Marc Lamont Hill was the commencement speaker for California State University, Stanislaus. This speech was addressed to the graduating class of 2010, their friends and family who were attending the ceremony, the California State University, Stanislaus faculty and staff, and people who may have not been able to attend the ceremony, but were able to watch it on a DVD recording. This speech was intended to congratulate the graduates and offer them advice as they enter into the “real world” post-graduation. However, the speech also had to address the family and friends of the graduates and the university’s faculty and staff, since they presumably made a difference in the lives of the graduates.

I am reading Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson and I am on page 100. This book is about a girl named Melinda and her struggles with high school. It talks about events that high schoolers can relate to. Melinda is struggling with grades and finding a group to join as a freshman. Her middle school friend group split up and left her alone. She is trying to find her place and learn who she is. In this journal, I will be connecting Melinda’s struggle to fit in at with my high school experience so far.

I feel strongly and I am convince that the fact that I had a headache and blocked sinuses affected my learning during the course time.

Throughout my first semester at the University of Portland, the quality of my writing progressively increased. My English 112 class contained many different activities that contributed to helping me become a better writer. Informal writing assignments, class discussions, peer review sessions and the writing center were just some of the resources available to me that helped progress not only my writing ability but my overall reading & writing analysis skills as well. Not only did I make new relationships with my peers, these relationships also helped me understand the content more thoroughly, work out any problems that I had with my ideas, and encourage me to be more social among my fellow classmates as well. Nearing the end of this

The most effective part of the speech to me is when Mr. Obama begin to describe the reason for the reform. The speech states, "So that if you lose your job and you change jobs, start that new business, you'll finally be abe to purchase quality affordable care and the security and peace of mind that comes with it" Mr. Obama. I chose this particular part of the speech as being most effective because there is a specific connection with the audience based off of what he said. The connection that was made to the audience from this part of the speech is relating to those in the country who are small business owners and are struggling to buy insurance for your workers this specific reform will be of help to that group if individuals. This speech in

The Writing II course has been my most interesting and rewarding class. Even though I could not complete the class, the course is not over for me. Before taking the class, I acknowledge I have much room to grow in writing, but I did not know where to start. Writing has always been unclear to me in many areas, and this class helped me to unblemished my understanding. In this class, I have acknowledged my weakest areas in writing, but my most astonished ambiguity was determiner noun and vocabulary. I did not know I was using determiner incorrectly and vocabulary span is so important in academic writing. The English Simplied book is an easy and an excellent learning tool that was used in this course. It covers all areas in determiners.

Writing has always been something I dread. It’s weird because I love talking and telling stories, but the moment I have to write it all down on paper, I become frantic. It’s almost as if a horse race just begun in my mind, with hundreds of horses, or words, running through my mind, unable to place them in chronological order. Because I struggle to form satisfying sentence structure, it takes me hours, sometimes even days, to write one paper. It’s not that I think I’m a “bad writer,” I just get discouraged easily. Needless to say, I don’t think highly of my writing skills. When I was little I loved to both read and write. I read just about any book I could get my hands on, and my journal was my go to for my daily adventures. Although it’s

What concepts, principles, or ideas that you have learned, do you think you will remember the most after you leave this class?

Libby Streeton- Irrational thinking is common in a nuclear war, right? Why did I expect Fin and Max would change their minds? I begged them through a river of tears to stay with me. But that was not enough. I can’t adjust to reality, watching their lanky bodies fade in the distance keeps reminding me of the fate of their lives. Max is only 12, too young to witness violent and unforgiving deaths of innocent citizens. What happens if I never see them again? I assumed I was doing right but apparently, what I think is right is wrong. I am only just beginning to realise what has just happened. They are gone. My two young boys are gone forever. I have hugged them for the final time. They risked their lives to find me. But I couldn’t do the same. I’m stuck in a half broken down office building in the middle of a deserted city and I can’t leave because too many people rely on me to stay here and help. Inhale. Exhale. I keep thinking about what my life is like now, and right now I feel it is hopeless. I am isolated, sitting in a patrolled corner of an office, trying to deal with this absolute shit of a situation. I’m a failure of a mother to let my children out of my sight and endanger themselves by going out onto the deserted streets to find a group of people that may or may not even exist. I had the chance to keep them here, but I lost it just as easily.

The aim of the reflective essay is to highlight my own personal development skills that I have developed during first semester of my module. However, in this report I will make sure my learning ability phase and what this module has allowed me to work and understand in improving my personal skills and purpose. My major aim is to develop and assess an in depth range of my personal traits as a student in order to endorse my future development plan.