My favorite speech was my tribute speech. I enjoyed the fact that it was about someone close and who we wanted to pay tribute to. It seemed more natural to me, and I actually enjoyed writing it which made it easier to speak about. There are other speeches that I have little interest for, like for example our informative speech, I didn’t enjoy writing. Often times I second guessed myself, or had to rewrite many parts to get what I wanted. With the tribute speech, there were many things I wanted to say, but couldn’t fit them all in. I had many directions I could go with, and lots of options. Research papers, like our informative, can be hard especially when developing body paragraphs. You have to find the correct information to go in them, and if it’s slightly off it may not work for the subject or under the thesis. Even though it was short and simple, our tribute speech was by far the most genuine and my favorite.
The tribute speech was my favorite as well...mostly because I got 100% on it ;) But seriously, it was an enjoyable speech. I think part of this was because of the fact that it didn't feel like there was as much pressure or scrutiny. In the informative, demonstrative, and persuasive speeches there was a tremendous pressure to present accurate information from reliable sources, as well as trying to make sure and use oral citations. For me, the oral citations made the speeches feel less natural and more complicated (although I completely understand why they are needed). It was just nice to have a short and sweet speech without having to worry about misrepresentation, and being able to enjoy your topic and have a personal connection with it.
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