- The first prevalent difference between the speech and monologue is that the Speech takes more preparation. For the monologue you’re emulating and portraying a character, for the speech you’re sort of being your own. I thought I did well on the monologue but my delivery for the personal speech was less effective. It was easier being another person than being myself in front of a crowd of people.
- Honestly, it’s just embarrassing to watch at first. I did take away some valuable notes from this. I need to correct certain parts of my posture and my vocal pitch stays too low at times. The part that assailed of the effectiveness of my own speech was the use of filler words. Every time I heard myself use “uh” I didn’t want to listen to myself speak. I think I sent my speech to the grave with how many times I used “uh.” I was satisfied at certain points in my speech where I thought I was convincing, I also thought I had an overall good pace.
- Qualities in my classmates that made their speeches engaging was their use of vocal variety and tone. Most of them had a interesting content and felt comfortable enough to share their stories. Most were straight to the point and it was easy to follow. There were a few who, dragged on and either spoke too slowly or too quickly.
Stated earlier my use of “uh” and not being able to connect my points quick enough really sent my speech to the grave. I hope to improve upon it next time.
