Personally, I liked the personal speech better than the monologue. I think the monologue was a little more intimidating to do. This is because we had to memorize it and on top of that, we had to act it out. The personal speech allowed us to have index cards to help us. It was easier to talk about myself than to pretend to be someone else. Theater is not my thing. Had I not watched the video of my speech, I would never notice the things I did wrong. It gave me a new perspective. I realized what things worked and what didn’t. Firstly, I realized that I wasn’t as “awkward” as I thought I was. I thought I looked at my index cards too frequently, but upon watching my video, I realized it was fine. But, I noticed I didn’t have a strong posture. I had one leg kicked back and it didn’t look professional. I sounded scared to be speaking and I don’t want that to happen in any future speeches. Also upon watching my speech, I realized what posture, gestures, and tones would be better. I am definitely going to use that for future references. The personal speeches of my classmates that were either I could connect to or really personal were really engaging. Good introductions also kept me engaged. If the speaker was passionate, it made me want to listen. Any speaker who mumbled or didn’t have a strong introduction turned me away from listening. Also, if the topic of the speech was something I didn’t enjoy or I could in no way relate back to me, I didn’t really want to listen. One thing I found interesting about my own presentation was I had prepared to look at my friends, but I ended up making eye contact with people I barely speak to. It made it much easier to speak. I won’t lie, I was extremely nervous about speaking. However, once I got up and began my speech, it just flowed smoothly. I felt the same way about to monologue as well. I’d rather give a speech than perform a monologue though.