Speech disfluency

Have I ever been afraid to speak? Not often am I asked that question and to little surprise to anyone who knows me will not be surprised when I answer no. In general I am never afraid to speak, to with hold your voice you can cause harm and a great disservice to those around who can hear you. There has been a few times in my life where I have chosen not to speak which I would consider different from being afraid. When I choose to voice my opinion I make calculations if its beneficial or not.

The speech I chose to critique is Kelley Mc Gonigal: How to make stress your friend (TED TALKS 2013). Her speech contained a persuasive style and encouraged the audience to look at stress in a positive aspect. The main idea of her speech implied that stress only has a negative aspect on your body if you mentally think that all stress is bad. Within seconds of her speech she had the audience captivated by her statement saying “I have a confession to make”. This engaged the audience with the enthusiasm

t was time for my sixth grade water cycle presentation in front of my 30 student class. I had delayed my presentation as much as I could, and even missed a school day because of my huge fear of speaking out loud. It wasn’t because I feared crowds or hated public speaking, it was because I had just moved countries, my English vocabulary was limited, and I was still adjusting to the new educational setting. I had my flashcards ready, filled with how to pronounce complex words like evaporation and condensation

demonstration speech, I chose to show the class how to make gluten-free sugar cookies and delivered my speech was extemporaneously, using a summarized speaker outline as a guide. I arrived to class early to allow time for setup. A fellow student agreed to record my speech in order to provide me with a recording to review later. My speech ran for about eighteen minutes in total. My topic was appropriate for the audience and the given assignment. As per usual, I attempted to keep my speech more conversational

The Speech I am horrified. My face is white as snow. I can’t think. I am going to make a huge speech, that’s all I knew. It would be in front of EMS, EHS, Davenport, Congerville, and Goodfield. This is super big. I can’t screw it up. I can’t think. I can’t think. I can’t think! “Come on Grace you can do it,” one of my friends said. I am about to go on stage and I can’t remember what to say!? Is my worst nightmare coming true!? Is this really happening!? Was I supposed to say something about new

In Avid we had to do a passion speech. The Avid teacher told us to first write something that is our passion, then we had to present it to the whole class. The expectation for this assignment was to have a great speech. This assignment relates to another assignment that we do in class every Tuesday and Thursday we have to get up in front of this group and present for about thirty second about our problem that we don't understand or we got wrong. The point of this assignment was to work on our public

My speech on Letchworth State Park went well. There were some positives and negatives in making my speech as effective as possible. I felt pretty comfortable because I practiced my speech multiple times with friends. I made sure they videotaped me to see what mistakes I might make. Practicing my speech made feel more comfortable, and I believe made for a clearer message. My introduction to speech was effective and caught the audience’s attention. Making sure I had an attention getter, creditability

Speaking to an audience of hundreds of people sounds terrifying to me, however, it is this precise reason why I think I would make a great speaker. Throughout my academic career, I have always loathed presenting because I am naturally more reserved and in some cases, I am a shy person. I find myself not taking advantage of speaking in classes because I prefer having my thoughts prepared in advance so that I am clear and able to defend my arguments. I have not had a bad experience presenting yet,

“Katie, lovely to finally meet my wife.” – Ed Sheeran, signing a fan’s drawing and accepting an engagement ring. 19-year-old Katie Papworth has battled an aggressive form of cancer for 8 years. She proposed to the singer backstage in Glasgow, Scotland in a meeting arranged by The Les Hoey MBE DreamMaker Foundation. “We were not trying to exclude ballads, it just happened to go that way.” – Boys II Men, discussing their latest album, Collide. Not only is the release void of their trademark emotional

speeches have much significance. They teach different lessons, and they can even apply comfort in a rocky or broken situation. There was one particular special occasion speech that really stood out to me, and it was Ellen at the commencement ceremony in 2009 at Tulane University. This speech was really interesting to me. The speech was about the gist of Ellen’s life. Ellen was telling all of the graduates about life, and how she started out. She informed them of how she came out as being a lesbian