My How-To Choose a Pet Speech- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=plEMRpKOoy8&feature=em-upload_owner
Aspects that make a good speech include a good introduction, body, conclusion, use of language, and delivery.
In my introduction, I feel like my speech could have better captured the readers attention if I used a different strategy to introduce my topic. I tried to get this "hook" by asking questions, but am not so sure how affective this attention getter actually was. Other aspects of my introduction, however, I feel liked I did very well in. For instance, I think that my topic was clearly introduced within my introduction and I think the topic was related to the audience because everyone can own or purchase a pet if they choose to do so. Another mistake I made in my introduction was that I didn't mention my credibility. However, I did mention my credibility in my conclusion where I said I owned my guinea pig Summer. I thought it worked better in the conclusion then in the introduction. Finally, the body of the speech was previewed in my thesis (responsibility, affordability, and which pet is best for someone).
In my body, I think I did a goo job of making the main points clear. I had a topic sentence for every paragraph and support in an orderly fashion. Also, I had support for most if not all of my main points. Whenever I could, I would try and use specific examples and evidence to support my claims. Additionally, I tried to use clear transitions during my speech as much as I could where I thought they would work well and help move the speech forward.
In the conclusion, I ended with the transition "in conclusion" and restated my thesis to further summarize the main points I made throughout my speech. Lastly, I think my closing and call to action were effective. My call to action was encouraging others to go out and buy a pet. Plus, I included in my closing and call to action information about my guinea pig, Summer. I feel like this was the glue to my conclusion that related everything together and helped explain what a pet really means. It also explained my credibility of the topic since I have owned a pet and gone through this process myself.
The language used in the speech was related directly to the topic. Also, during my speech, I tried to vary the use of the word pet. I think I improved on this from the time I was practicing in class and realized while practicing that I said that word a lot. If I preformed this speech again, I might have been able to vary up the word choice a little more than I had. Similar to the use of language, I think my overall delivery of the speech was decent.
The delivery of my speech was fairly good as well. My notecards were ready before I began my speech but I didn't have any visual aids in my speech, and my whole speech I thought was poised. One thing I can work on was the amount of eye contact I made with the audience. Although we were not supposed to memorize this speech, I looked down at my notecards more then I hoped to keep me on track and help me not lose my spot. Another thing I could work on was body language. I think because this was one of our longer public speaking assignments, I was nevervous. Therefore, I swayed a little bit while talking and presenting my speech. For the most part, I think the speed I talked in was good. It was too fast, and it wasn't too slow (and my speech was 3 mintues long). I think I spoke loud enough for the audience to hear me but could have spoken louder especially since there was a lot of background noise going on. During part of my speech, girls talking loudly and the sound of a truck passing by drained out my voice in the How-to speech. Also during my speech, I used some but few 'ah' and 'um' filters. Finally, the last couple of things I could use improvement in my speech are changing the pitch and tone of my voice and sounding more enthusiastic. I admit, I could have shown more enthusiasm but I think there was little room for the changes in tone in my voice throughout my speech.
Overall, I think that my How-to speech went well. I explained my topic thoroughly and got across all of the points I needed to. I researched concepts and ideas that needed to be researched for this speech on how to choose a pet. Also, I feel like the audience liked the topic. Most people were paying attention to the presentation of my speech. Finally, my topic was within the time range since it was three minutes long.
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