Over the course of speech class, I feel like I have grown so much. I remember when we had to do the monologues. During the practice I froze up, but as the semester went on, I grew more confortable standing in front of the class. The difference between my persuasive speech and all my other speeches is that I was much more confident and comfortable with the delivery. It was a topic that I cared about and I was happy to share it with the class. In my delivery, I had eye contact with the audience, but I feel like I still glanced at the cards too much. I wanted it to be more conversational. What I liked about it was that I wasn’t moving around too much, which can be distracting or show a lack of confidence. I also didn’t use too many vocal fillers. With the feedback that the class gave me, it seems like I persuaded most of them and I think what I did that was successful was show the need for the research although I lacked pathos and ethos. Overall, I think most of the speeches were very persuasive due to the way that they presented the facts and their tone to show that they actually cared about the topic. What wasn’t successful was when they spoke too slowly or had too many vocal fillers. I feel like this takes away from the message they are trying to convey to the audience and persuade them about. I feel that this class has helped me to overcome most of my stage fright. I’m sure I would still get nervous with an unknown audience, but for the most part I have no problem giving a speech anymore. The most important thing I will take away from this class is that the audience is not there to judge or put you down you. In the end, they would have listened and the worst thing that could possibly happen would be that they don’t clap. Even if you make mistakes, they understand.