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Pathos Reflection

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My pathos speech covered two events that taught me life lessons that I have used since the events. I feel that the content of the speech met all of the goals on paper, but I did not include many of the points I put on my note cards or in my outline in the actual presentation. I felt that my stories did relate to the audience, because a seatbelt violation can happen to anyone, and an event like what happened with my sister is also not out of the realm of possibility. My use of language devices in the actual speech was not great because I missed them on my note cards and could not fill in anything to replace what I missed. I could improve this in the future by trying to follow my note cards and prepare well in advance of the actual speech. For my introduction and conclusion, I feel just like the entire speech it is better on paper. My introduction however was much better developed than my conclusion. While on paper I did meet all of the criteria for both parts of the speech both the introduction and conclusion were missing some of the information on my notes …show more content…

The stories I told I expected more emotional appeal, but after the speech I felt that they were more “in the moment” events. While I got some reaction out of the class with my second story the first fell flat. I could improve my pathos by choosing my words more carefully, and being more emotional about the topic myself. My delivery was one part of my speech I felt I did well. I used more gestures that on my last speech, I moved around more, and I maintained eye contact throughout most of the speech. I did smile at the beginning of the speech, but I did not at the end. I also feel that when I went back to my seat I did not leave a good “pow” statement for the class to think about. For my next speech, I could improve my delivery with less exaggerated gestures, and less stuttering. I still need to focus on dynamism and

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