Persuasive Speech

As compared to my first two speeches, the brown paper bag and the informative speech, I think I improved on many things as well as I still need to work on a few. One of the things I thought I improved on was my speeches got longer and I used a little less "ums" and "uh"s. However, I still had a few "ums" and "uhs", which I need to work on. My eye contact got better and I think I managed to look at everyone in the room at least once. I came up with better "hooks" to start my speeches which I think is an important part of a speech. The two major things I still need to work on are my gestures and enthusiasm. With all of the speeches, I hardly used any gestures and showed little enthusiasm. One last thing I could still work on is being prepared and not doing my speech a day later than I should've.

Demonstrative Speech

For my demonstrative speech, I attempted to teach the class how to make "jacob's ladder" using only a piece of string and their hands.

One thing I thought I did well was I had good eye contact with most of the class throughout the entire speech. I spoke clearly and understandably, no one had to guess at what I was saying. A third thing I did well was I got the class involved, it appeared that everyone was listening or at least pretending to listen to what I had to say.

On the other hand, I also did some things wrong. For one, the class wasn't exactly understanding the instructions I was giving to make Jacob's Ladder. I think I could work on my explanation skills so people can follow along with me easier. I always find myself saying words such as"like" and "um" and phrases like "I guess", which is something I need to work on.

My First Speech

For my first speech in this class, I felt somewhat nervous and just wanted to get the whole thing over with, which is why I chose to go first. One of the major things I noticed I did wrong was I heard myself saying words like "um" and "like" a lot. Another thing I noticed I did wrong was my posture seemed harsh, my arms were folded a lot and I looked down a lot. One thing I noticed I did right was I smiled and did give eye contact for a lot of the speech. However, making the speech wasn't truly as bad as I thought it would be, it's just getting over the initial nervous feeling.

Examples of Terms: Group 3

SLAPSTICK: Ace Ventura: Pet detective is a great example of slap-stick humor. Jim Carrey uses his faces and noises to create humor throughout the entire movie.

PUN: The cartoon shown above is a good example of a pun, or a "play on words"

COMEDY: The show South Park is an example of comedy. It's very humorous and the material it shows is very entertaining.

IRONY: An example of irony would be this story about a man named Noel Coward when he came to America.

"I love your sense of irony, say something ironic," the woman said.

Coward smiled and said, "I'm delighted to meet you."

This is ironic because Coward isn't truly delighted to meet her, it's ironic because he isn't.

About Me

Hii, I'm Taylor Benassi and I'm a senior at Anderson High School. I'm going to attend Ohio University next fall, and I'm majoring in business and spanish. I'm a cheerleader and I have been for 5 years. I have two younger sisters named Kendall and Cameron, and we're pretty close. I also have two cats named Shadow and Smokey and they're super cute. Some of my favorite things to do are eat, watch television and hang out with my friends. I listen to a lot of music, it's a big part of my life. My fave band is Dave Matthews Band, but I love going to concerts of any kind. I'm up for almost anything and that's pretty much it!