Monday, August 24, 2009

Good Speech Practices

What are the characteristics of good or successful speeches? Persuasive speeches? List 5-10. Now, did you follow those practices and characteristics? What did you do well, and what did you do poorly? Would you have been successful in a courtroom?

5 comments:

  1. . Good Eye Contact

    . Be clear in your intention

    . Stand up straight

    . Speak as if you are talking to a single person

    . Speak as if you are talking normally

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  2. -dont be too loud
    -dont be too quiet
    -dont speak too fast or too slow
    -when talking perject your vocie
    -dont smile or laugh
    -pernonciate
    -eye contact
    -dont move around too much
    -dont repeat things

    I did not follow most of these characteristics that I have listed. The things that I did poorly were I was not keeping a straight face, i was moving side to side, and I was repeating things. Although I did all those things, I still perjected my vocie and I was talking at a normal tone. I would not have been successful in a real courtroom.

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  3. Eden Jablon:

    1) Don't laugh

    2) Don't fidgit

    3) Speek athoritavly, even on subsects you don't know much about

    4) Perject your voice so that everyone can hear

    5) Try to relate to your aduience

    6) Look people in the eye

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    Regretably, I can't honestly say I followed any of these. I suppose I made a somewhat sucessful atempt to use vocabulary. I definetly have a lot to work on. I highly doubt it would stand up in a courtroom.

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  4. -Make eyecontact at all times. It improves the strength of the message that you are conveying.
    -physically, don't make any unnecessary movement E.G, fidgitting, tapping, twitching, etc.
    -Be confident in what you are saying. what you are saying is the truth, even if it isn't the whole truth.
    -Don't project any emotions that will make your audience loose confidence in you. (laughter, rage)
    -Never give in. always stay steadfast and loyal to whatever you are saying. don't let others manipulate your points

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  5. Keep eye contact with your audience
    enunciate with your words
    have complete confidence with yourself
    stand still, and straight up
    if you are holding a paper, keep it a good level, and don't use it to block your face
    use your body to prove points
    don't be loud, don't be too quiet
    don't talk to fast or to slow
    don't laugh or become very angry

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