Frannie Torres

The theatrical monologue and the personal speech differed in many ways. First, the theatrical monologue was a bit shorter. The personal speech was also extemporaneous and  felt more natural for me to say, in contrast to the theatrical monologue which had to be said word-for-word. The personal speech also depended on an outline, and allowed for flexibility. Therefore, I found that there was more room for improvisation during the personal speech. This advantage was not as present during the monologue where if you forgot a certain word, your whole flow of speaking would be thrown off.

I personally was not satisfied with my speech, both before and after watching the video. I know that I need to work more on my volume and getting over my obvious stage fright. I now know that I should just start my speech with the “go-getter”, rather than just first introducing the topic of my speech. I also now know that I need to work more on organizing the structure of my speeches.

The qualities of my classmates’ speeches that really got my attention were usually the topics themselves. Finding the topic during the introduction of their speeches as interesting definitely made the rest of the speech more engaging. Humor also got my attention. The emotional aspect of some of the speeches also really got to me, as I tend to be very sensitive on certain issues. The qualities of other speeches that made it hard to stay engaged were usually when a speech being said too fast or too slow. It was hard to stay engaged if the speaker had no emotion in his or her voice, and if his or her tone was monotonous the whole way through.

The image I included shows a laughing audience. They are clearly an audience that is engaged through the use of humor.