Speech Self Evaluation Essay

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Speech Self Evaluation
1. I believe I did well on connecting my slides together. After watching my speech I noticed that I was able to connect the topics of each slide together with the next one, and that it gave my speech a good flow. I also believe my time management was good as well. I was able to keep each slide to its required 15 seconds and was able to finish within our 3 minute limit.
2. Other than a couple simple facts, such as, that I own a rabbit and that I love animals; I don’t believe my audience learned as much about me as they did my topic. I wanted my audience to learn what it is like to own a rabbit, and maybe even get them to consider owning a rabbit one day. I believe that I taught the audience interesting facts and tips about …show more content…

I believe that, while my narrative was strong in the sense that my audience was able to understand what I was portraying, my narrative still needs some improvements. While watching the audience I could tell that people were understanding the points I was making about my speech. However, when I watched back my speech on the video I noticed I was very stiff and nervous. I believe if I could have been as relaxed and open during my speech as some of my other classmates were I might have been able to connect with my audience a bit better. Getting comfortable while speaking in front of the class would be my goal in the next speech so I can connect with them more.
4. I believe my language choice was simple enough for the audience to understand without the speech becoming too complicated. There is a lot of weird terminology when it comes to rabbits such as a quick, a nose biff, and many others. For someone who has raised a couple different rabbits these terms are just common language, but for someone who’s never had a rabbit they wouldn’t have made sense. For my speech I decided instead of using up time to define terms that I would just explain what these were without using the names. I believe that this made my speech more understandable and easier on the …show more content…

When I first started my speech I was not comfortable at all. I remember while being up there my hands were shaking and I had to clench my fists underneath my jacket sleeves to keep calms. As the speech went on I slowly started to feel more comfortable, but I don’t know if I would say I was ever completely comfortable. I tried to not let my nervousness show when I gave my speech. I still spoke loudly for everyone to hear, but I believe my posture was a bit off. I was swaying a bit while giving my speech because I was too nervous to stand still, and I don’t believe it really looked proper when I went back to watch it. Off the top of my head I don’t believe there is really anything I can do to make myself more comfortable, as much as just having done it once already in front of the class will make me more comfortable. Part of my nervousness came from being in front of a bunch of unfamiliar people, but now that I’m getting to know the class a lot more I think that alone will make me more

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