Writing a reflective essay is a useful way of offering insightful feedback, but writing a review about someone else’s work is difficult and it’s something I dislike. Criticizing a person’s work gives me an uneasy feeling because I can understand and sympathize with their work struggles. Some people would consider it a silly sentiment, but this kind of criticism tugs at my heart strings, therefore I’ll do my best to offer an adequate critique of Jose Perez’s speech.
Jose’s presentation appeared well-organized, therefore he showcased a simple and well thought out description of an embarrassing moment. He seemed relaxed and calm throughout his entire speech. It appeared well rehearsed and it flowed from one point to the next revealing his well-organized
methods. He used his quote first, then gave a detailed chronological story of the embarrassing event and offered a solid conclusion with a great message. In his conclusion, he managed to make a connection between his quote and the main idea giving it a lucent ending. I found the details of the Luau amusing which showcased his descriptive images and stressed-out inner voice. All of these wonderful features granted the listeners a clear picture of his embarrassing experience, but the most interesting part of his speech was his overall attitude. Jose had an appreciative attitude towards the lesson he learned during the fateful experience. He shared an embarrassing moment in his speech and he was able to discern a positive lesson from his experience. It was a great way of turning a negative experience into a positive memory. The overall presentation was really good, but he could have focused and controlled his body language a little more. Occasionally, he’d leaned on the podium for an extended period of time and a few times his fingers hung over the front of it. I think he extended and slouched his body too far over the podium, but for the most part he did a wonderful job speaking and presenting his story. Jose’s great speech showcased his relaxed and comfortable demeanor. I hope to learn and apply his relaxed nature by adjusting and controlling my nervous tendencies, so hopefully I can mimic his demeanor in the future. He also possesses a great story telling ability, which I lack and would like to improve upon, thus giving my audience a superior and more vivid image of my story. I hadn’t really thought about my posture while speaking, but this experience triggered my awareness. Jose did a great job speaking with very few errors, hence these criticisms offer valuable lessons for the future.
Cesar Chavez set a message a multitude of people support: it was about farm workers' rights. In the 1960s, hard working farmers were paid low salaries and were often mistreated by their leaders. Chavez was one of the many who were brutalized; however, unlike others, he stood up for the workers' rights. All his efforts of eliminating this misery was reflected in his powerful speech "We Shall Overcome".
In the speech that Cesar chavez presented himself at a mexican american celebration conference talks about of how he sees the church and mexican americans together. Also Chavez was committed to carry out his movement with no violence toward the crowd who doubted him and movement, but others did try violence on them and did not succeed on bring them down. He also had brought this speech towards the public during his 25 days of spiritual fast and had talked about mexican americans and the church and how they are related.Using imagery,metaphors,and repetition, Chavez hoped his speech would bring people together through rough times using the church and their faith to give them hope for a better future.
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Cesar Chavez uses morals and his audience fear of destruction to justify his stance on non-violent protests . Martin Luther King jr was an activist and civil rights leader that did not use violence to get his point across like many other activists at that time. Cesar Chavez wrote on the anniversary of his death explaining why using nonviolence is the way to advocate rights for those in need. His article was put in a religious organization that helped people who were in need of help. Cesar Chavez uses morals as a way to appeal to the religious side of his audience. Cesar Chavez also uses the fear of losing power to prove that doing nonviolent protests are the right way to spread his cause.
The speech delivered by Dr. Randy Pausch is a powerful and influential public speaking, including various communication components that we should pay attention to and learn when we present our speeches. This lecture is divided into three parts: My childhood dreams, enabling the dreams of others and lessons learned. Dr. Randy Pausch told his audience what he believed and valued with his proper body languages, effective and efficient delivery and interesting and attractive visual aids. From this speech, it can be told that the speaker’s strengths and effectiveness from the lecture, which can reflect my problems as a communicator and a public speaker
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On September 8, 2009, President Barack Obama held a speach at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia, which was broadcast all over America to the millions of students, from kindergarden up to twelfth grade, he was hoping to reach with an important message. In the speech he stresses the importance of getting an education, and he reaches out to the students to tell them why they have a responsibility not only to themselves but also to the country; ”-if you quit on school- you're not just quitting on yourself, you're quitting on your country”1. With this sentence he suddenly makes every single student listen, he makes the whole genration feel important, and hopefully this will motivate all of them to work harder in school, get an education
Hi Pamela, it is nice to meet you. I thank you for being so in-depthed about the knowledge that we just received about immigration. It is amazing to see other cultures come from one extreme form of lifestyle, then settle and make great contribution to this country. I was also intrigued about how Americans flew the Cubans in to be in partnership to help build this country, but on the other hand laws tried to hold them hostage from their families until they thought it was their duty to allow them to return to their country.
In a nation that thrives on diversity, it has become more important than ever to maintain coherency. Being the country with the longest standing constitution, the United States holds a very special position in the world. Its fellow citizens-white or black, man or woman, gay or straight-are what serve as the foundation of this free republic. In his Inauguration Speech on January 21st, 2013, President Barack Obama spoke of the strength of the United States as derived from the unity of the American people. He further continues to convey a major point: that to maintain this prosperity requires continued perseverance, which can only be accomplished by a continued sense of togetherness across the nation. Through the use of a distinct
Setting: The speaker’s normal speech he explained at the beginning runs just over an hour and here he was given 50 minutes. The time limit became a global decision factor for him. So he adapted it a little and cut out some of his video support materials to reduce time. He gave the speech in the Leadership Studies McVay Family Town Hall on Friday Novemeber 4th, 2016 from 4-5 pm. The room had working audio and video technology equipment so the audience was able to hear him and easily view all of his support materials. If the speaker made any other adjustments to his speech or speaking style due to setting
On March 18, 2008, in the midst of the 2008 Democratic Party presidential nomination, Barack Obama manage to give one of the most persuasive and significant speeches that has gone down in American history. Obama developed a strikingly effective speech that trails his audience into a controversial issue and encourages them to join his attempt to abolish inequality. Obama’s speech is powerful because although the public is mindful of the discrepancy between races, it draws attention due to Obama publicly speaking on topics that often go unspoken of. “A more perfect Union” was made to address Reverend Jeremiah Wright and also address global issues concerning the Americans people. Obama’s former pastor, Reverend Jeremiah Wright openly made some controversial statements that caused uneasiness with Senator Obama. Obama explains how Reverend Jeremiah Wright lived during a time period where racism and segregation was allowed and goes to explain how many Americans including Reverend Wright still has animosity and fury built based on the past. Obama feels that anger that Americans have built up over the years is what is preventing our country from prevailing into a better nation and moving forward. Barack Obama’s main objective for this speech is to exchange his views on the controversial topic of race and inequality in American in his effort to creating a more perfect union. Obama successfully persuaded the audience in a credible, emotional yet logical way. Obama’s speech was brilliantly put together to appeal to the audience in every way possible and to get his message across.
Barack Obama, in his 2009 presidential inauguration address to the citizens of the united states goes on to say how humbled and grateful he was to stand before them as the 44th president of the united states. Obama’s purpose is to inform us on how the economy is bad and what us as a country needs to do in order to fix it. He creates a informative tone in order to convey his readers that the economy is badly weakened. While using pathos,ethos and logos he adopts a subject that pronounce an new era of responsibility.
In final analysis, my writing has greatly improved during this semester, and having looked at the area's I most need to work on has given me an awareness of what my weaknesses are. Examining what I have learned and what I need to learn allows me to generate a strategy to fortify my writing skills. Critiquing my own work has given me insight into how my writing is progressing in this class and allowed me to see short comings I had missed previously. Self-evaluation is a helpful tool for anyone who wants to continue to learn what areas they can improve upon and how much progress they are making. I believe those who appraise their own work will have a better understanding of their strengths and weaknesses then those who do not evaluate themselves.
I have also learned about different types of audiences and speeches including persuasive, informative, entertaining and delivering special occasion speeches. It came to my attention that whenever I was making these presentations or speeches, I needed to do so with confidence, consistence and practice before the actual presentation and completely eliminate the element of panic. It was also clear that capturing the attention of the audience and engaging them in the whole process, it was necessary to have a very strong introduction and also try and use visuals to deliver the message. It was therefore vital to respect each person’s diversity and cultural values (Lucas, 2011).
His first statement is that “Literary criticism is a description and evaluation of its object” (Brooks 19). The literary critic reports on the work that he is criticizing and picks out the meaning that he deems important, which might be different from what the next critic would pick out. To describe the work it is therefore already a subjective exercise, such as in Doctor Faustus, in the A-version of the text, some people ...