In my future endeavors, I think I will feel more confident in my writing because I won't be afraid to share it as much. Speaking and writing are such completely different experiences; I can feel confident with what I've written, but I'll be too afraid to read it out loud, mostly because I was a lousy speaker. I'm going to be able to give impromptu speeches if need be because the extemporaneous style we've used will have given me the tools to do that. The profession I'm trying to go into doesn't require too much speaking, but just the daily, social interactions of life - that's what I'll use the lessons from this class for. I'll be more conscious of audience and citations. My friends like to debate a lot and so I think this class will help me prove my points. 

Favorite

The demonstration speech was my favorite because I liked the visual aid aspect. I did "How to Solve a Rubik's Cube," but I planned to make it a little quirky. The consequentialist approach was something that I came up with during my research and it ended up working really well with the formatting of the speech. It wasn't one of my better grades because I neglected to verbally cite my sources, but I never forgot from that speech on so I suppose it was better that I learned then rather than later. I also really enjoyed watching everyone else demonstrate their speech. The hands on approach seemed to alleviate some of the awkwardness - we were able to lead into it and then preform. Doing something with your hands - especially something that you know how to do - helps the extemporaneous process. It wasn't a particularly technical speech and I was working with something that people tend to have at least some familiarity with. I didn't have to define scientific terms or any of the other things you have to do with, for example, the persuasive speech or informative speech. It was just fun - to go up there, talk about a product that I sell at my toy store, and give a playful speech that I felt comfortable talking about. So that was my favorite speech - because it was easy, fun, and less awkward than all of the rest.