The Speech Geek Community Analysis

Christensen had an English teacher her freshman year of high school that had caused her embarrassment when she a differing pronunciation of the word “lawyer”.From then on, Christensen would over analyze everything she would say. As minor as her experience may have been, it caused her to developed a complex regarding her verbal communication. This complex remained with her through the years and later impacted her teaching methods.

which I wasn’t expecting.  So on the side of beginning my BSN program this week and figuring all this out, I am finalizing a speech to give today in front of about a thousand people.  Here it goes for public speaking!

Do you ever think about the way you speak and why? Well, Paul Robert does an excellent job explaining why people use the dialect they use in Speech Communities. He discusses that people change their use of language throughout their lives to conform to either society or to what kind of person they want to be, or to just conform to who they need to be at a particular moment, in which I agree. People’s choice of language, including myself, are affected by many of their surroundings, such as where they live and grow up at, their peers, and a person’s work place.

Throughout this reflection paper, you will see a wide variety of aspects that deal in the realm of speech. I will be covering topics that deal with the overall thesis of speech as seen through my mind, how the diversity of perspectives model has helped become a response thinker, and the strengths and challenges I had faced on the Eight Speaker Competencies form throughout my time in the course. Next, I will be describing how the Brief Outline and PowerPoint presentations I have created for each of my speeches were both beneficial and detrimental in my journey to success. Then, I will be highlighting my experience in the both the Speaker’s Lab and my three presentations during the course. Finally, I will be discussing my overall experience

Alexander H. Stephen, in the ‘Cornerstone Speech’, firmly stated that, the Confederacy was basically on racial inequality and slavery. He clearly outlined the existing differences between the new nation and the American United States. Stephen made it clear that, the Confederacy of the cornerstone was not primarily of chattel slavery, but the black people subordination benefited the white people. Thus, he tied slavery to race. Confederacy was the origin of the era of apartheid in South Africa. Stephen made declarations that the new government was founded on the great truth , that the negro was not equal on the side of the white people and that, slavery which was to be a subordination to the white race which was superior, was a normal and a natural condition. Stephen criticized the claims of the northern that, African enslavement was a law violation nature and that it was a wrong principle, morally, politically and socially. He clearly put across that his new government had an idea which was exactly different from the northern claims. He argued that, it was a kind of insanity to believe that the Negro will be equal between the white and black people and also that, enslaving the blacks was wrong. He made predictions that, the Confederate constitution has settled all the questions relating to the African slavery which existed among the white people. Stephen’s arguments led to the outbreak of the civil war in 1865 (The Teaching AmericanHistory.org, 2017).

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, in Hardin County. Kentucky. He comes from a family that was neither wealthy of well recognized. Despite this, he had a longing for knowledge and worked very hard to be successful in his studies. His determination led him to become a self-trained lawyer who worked for the Illinois court circuit. Many people that worked around him witnessed his determination and capacity for hard work. Lincoln became a respected member of the Illinois legal circuit and his reputation gained him the nickname “Honest Abe.” As a lawyer, Lincoln developed the ability to thick quickly and debate on public issues, which encouraged him to begin his life in politics. In the year 1847, Lincoln

As my identity continually changes so too does my individuality as a speaker. As a soldier my once loud, argumentative, and confident identity diminished as I did not want to stand out. As a teenager I had been an overwhelming presence that sucked all the energy out of a room. But this new me wanted none of that. And then there is the young woman that I have become, the bold Barnard woman, who voices her opinions, and embraces her femininity. Such a drastic change from the soldier I once was could only be a result of my desire to adapt to my new environment. Today I have detached my fixation for what society expects from me. I don’t conform to a

Members of my audience include: Mr. Brett Romine, Gavin Bowling, and Brian Reagan. Mr. Romine is forty-six years young. He is a highly educated man and has a Masters Degree in English. He is a white Caucasian man who speaks English. He enjoys and is interested in reading other people's writing. Gavin Bowling is a sixteen year old teenage,Caucasian male. He is working on his third year of achieving a high school education. He is interested in.... well... he is not a very open person. Finally, Brian Reagan is also a sixteen year old, White, Caucasian teenager. Like Gavin, he is working on his third year of achieving a high school education. He is interested in being a translator later in life for a career, but he is uncertain.

A convocation is a special gathering of a group of individuals formally assembled for a special purpose. North Carolina A&T’s Fall Convocation was an assembling for academic and athletic recognition that brought great encouragement. The great speaker gave vital information regarding tactics to push toward success for students and teachers. Dr. Anthony Graham’s great motto, “Keep your hand in the plow, hold on,” is very impactful and has great meaning, encouraging you to reach your set goals.

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

This paper will discuss mine self-evaluation and do into detail about my first speech. My first speech takes place in front of my class and I have to tell a story of an experience that has happened to me. Telling a speech was a new experience for me and I embrace the challenge. A speech can have an impact on a person life and the audience can also relate a topic that is being presented. I will explore and go into the details of ethos, pathos and logos of my speech for my personal assessment.

Lyndon Johnson was convinced that liberal nationalism and the power of the federal government could transform society. His faith grew out of his youthful experiences with poverty in Texas, his political apprenticeship during the New Deal, and his desire to surpass Roosevelt's legacy. When he took office in November 1963, after John F. Kennedy's death, Johnson inherited the early initiatives to address poverty that the Kennedy administration had under consideration. With characteristic enthusiasm and expansiveness, Johnson declared a war on poverty in 1964 and pushed legislation through Congress to establish the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO).In this speech, the purpose Lyndon B. Johnson outlines his vision and goals for "The Great

In this profound speech “We Shall Overcome, President Lyndon B. Johnson used the title “we shall overcome," from African American leader Dr. Martin Luther King, who was fighting at that time for equal rights for all. The speech was delivered on March 15, 1965, a week after the violence had erupted in Selma, Alabama, as fellow African Americans were bombarded by police as they were marching to Montgomery to protest voting rights injustice. Dr. Martin Luther King and 500 other advocates had prepared to march from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery after the injustice tests were constructed about the literacy and character on African Americans to refuse the right to vote, disregarding the 15th amendment which gives the right to vote to all the citizens.

There are many different speech communities that are formed out of social locations. “A speech community exists when people share norms about how to use talk and what purposes it serves.” (Wood, 2014). This is why speech communities are formed from social locations; people who socialize in the same places often develop the same understandings of communication. One type of speech community is a gender speech community.

The speech I am analyzing was given by Jon Bowers, a UPS driving and delivery trainer, in Atlanta Georgia in July 2017. Bowers was giving a motivational speech on why we should aim for perfection and not fear failure. He was giving this speech to an audience of listeners at a TED convention. The audience appears to be composed of a wide variety of age groups from multiple different backgrounds. The audience likely already had interest in the subject matter as they chose to attend speech knowing what it was about. The audience is rather large and likely contains several hundred people. The target audience is unclear as the topic is so broad that it can apply to basically anyone.