Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Journal #3




There are many speeches in history that are known as 'famous' but in reality, do you remeber them all? I had a hard time figuring out some familiar speeches I had heard. -These three speeches always stuck in my mind, due to the speaker drawing in the audience, with a well known and entertaining topic :

Martin Luther King Jr.
"I Have A Dream" This speech is most common of all speeches. With it's purpose of Civil Rights, and drive behind the idea, any listener would have a hard time not understanding it's content. MLK Jr. is known to be a master mine at speeches, as he presented to many churches during the Civil Rights Movement. Most of his techniques are used today.

Adolf Hitler
"Speech to the Reichstag" This was an unfortgettable speech done by a German leader. His idea was to eliminte all Jew's in whatever way possible. His speech was spoken in German, making the tone sounds harsh and unforgiving.

Alan- from The Hangover
"Wolf Pack Speech" When I think of speeches, I think of wise words that people speak. These words are most likely remembered, make sense, are funny, and you can often quote them. These aspects are true during the Wolf Pack Speech in the movie, The Hangover. Alan describes his phenominal story of once being in a one man wolf pack and expanding it into a four man wolf pack. This speech is inspiring and comical all at once.

"So tonight, we make a toast!" (:

Friday, October 8, 2010

Journal #2

I love public speaking. Therefore the 4 initial short speeches were fun to give, and also helped me to improve on my techniques. At first being unsure of an audience and what you are speaking about may be intimidating, but with practice comes perfection. The speeches helped me to become comfortable and relax while finally giving my final graded speech! For my speech I chose the topic of 'Friends' and turned it into a definition speech. Although I have been flustered all week with lacrosse, exams, and papers, giving this speech felt like a breeze because of all my preparation. I can't wait to see what is yet to come throughout the rest of Comm 100. Hope you had a great long weekend!


-Sam