Persuasive speech eval

Malana Smith

Fund. of Speech

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Self-Evaluation #1

4-6-14

Self-Evaluation- Persuasive Speech

1.       Initial Observation- I felt that, though this speech was not bad, it definitely could have been better.

2.       Introduction: I know it helped grab the audience and give them an emotional appeal, I am just unsure if I transitioned adequately.

 3.       Body: My points seemed pretty clean and I had a lot of good information. I am just afraid that it was more based out of biased than actual research.

 4.       Conclusion: I loved being able to share my story on how dating for marriage worked for me, but I am unsure if I gave the audience the tools in order to also have the same type of success. I feel like I more addressed a problem and not so much the solution.

 5.       What I did well: I felt that I dressed nice and I presented a topic that was unlike any other. I felt that I was able to fill in holes that may have been in my argument before which helped me transition. I felt I kept great confidence and used my slides appropriately.

6.       What I will improve: I had a habit of becoming too comfortable during my speech that I began to slouch and not act professional as much. I think I treated it more as a lesson and not a speech, and because of that, I became too casual with my demeanor. I said the word “crap” which is absolutely unprofessional and I think I rabbit trailed too much. I also needed have more scientific or research evidence to prove my thesis.

7. How well did I persuade? Considering most of the students of my class do not seem to have to same values as I do, my subject may have come off as too strange or too pushy. For most, dating for marriage is a foreign concept. I believe this is one of the reasons I did not get as many compliments. I think it made many people think and get a different perspective on a critical issue in their lives, which is what I wanted to do in the first place.