Chapter 25 was one that placed an emphasis on celebratory/emotional speeches and how those types of speeches play an impact on an audience. These speeches in particular are meant to inspire a feeling or uplift an audience during an event such as a wedding on the positive end, or a eulogy on a possible negative end. The main goal of these speeches to engage an audience on an emotional level, which in a way is alike to any other speech that we have done. What this chapter emphasizes that I find most interesting/important for me to take away is setting a social agenda. What a social agenda entails are in a less professional sense, setting the vibe or the tone for what your speech will cover. For instance, the book states that in speeches for entertainment, listeners would expect a lighthearted, more amusing speech. Whereas a speech to celebrate a person may have that same vibe, they can also set a more gloomy speech atmosphere depending on the nature of which they want their speech to follow. Or even an inspirational speech where the audience is expecting words of advice in a dramatic manor, or tales of excellence. What all of these have in common is a set tone/vibe that is distinguished throughout the speech, which I need to start accounting for in my speeches. Overall, the topics mentioned in the chapter provided insight into honestly, a more applicable scenario where I may publicly speak in my life.
Chapter 25 was about Speaking on Special Occasions, therefore a particularly important chapter for our next speech. It states that, ‘A special occasion speech is one that is prepared for a special occasion and for the purpose dictated by that occasion,’ which is simpler terms is a special occasion speech is for events like, weddings, birthdays, funeral, etc. Depending on what event the speech is for depends on how you write it and deliver it to the audience. Each of those speeches has a different purpose or meaning, some may be to entertain, celebrate, commemorate, inspire, or set a social agenda speech. This applied to me for when I give a speech about my mom for our speech 3. I need to be able to clearly get my points across about my mom by entertaining the class with why exactly I chose her. There are also several types of speeches, including a Speech of Introduction, Speeches of Acceptance, Speeches of Presentations, Roasts and Toast, eulogies, After-Dinner speeches, and speeches of inspiration. Again, all of these have a different way of writing them and delivering them. Overall, I found this chapter very interesting especially in relation to our next speech.
Journal #13
What are the big takeaways from chapter 25? In a full Jounral entry, help explain the significant of what you found important and what you connected with in the chapter.
Word count: 213
Chapter 25 went over making speeches at important events, some of the events I will talk about are the ones that I found significant. For weddings, or anniversaries where you are celebrating someone’s accomplishments the listeners will look to the speaker and will want to praise on the subject of celebration, so you want to work towards that expectation. For a commemorate event, this is usually, in my mind, at a funeral, or something where you are celebrating what someone did in their life, the listeners are expecting the speakers to offer remeberce of the person. The last thing that I thought was significant to me within this chapter was the speech of inspiration, so this is usually a prep talk. This is when you want to appeal to the audiences emotions, using real life stories, being dynamic and making your goal clear. A thing this chapter noted is that you want to close with a dramatic ending. I wanted to make my speech kind fall into this category of speech. I have a rough idea of my speech, I want to talk about my dad, and I want to hype him up, as he always hyped me up. I hint that I could do this through an speech of inspiration, I hope.
Chapter 25 discusses the different types of special occasion speeches and their purposes, which range from entertaining and celebration to commemoration or introduction. One takeaway for me was realizing how many types of speeches exist that I hadn’t previously considered as formal speeches, such as introductions and roasts. The chapter also emphasized the importance of tailoring a speech to the specific expectations of the audience. Unlike persuasive or informative speeches, which focus on delivering arguments or facts, special occasion speeches rely on emotional connection, storytelling, and audience engagement. For example, a eulogy should balance emotion and be realistic while focusing on celebrating a person’s life, whereas an after-dinner speech should be lighthearted without feeling forced and too comedic. Some speeches have specific roles and structures, such as keynote speeches, which play a significant role in shaping social agendas by reinforcing the goals and values of a particular group. After reading this chapter, I’ve realized how much skill it takes to deliver some of these speeches effectively. A toast or after-dinner speech requires a natural gift of humor to keep the audience engaged without sounding forced or awkward. Now I wonder whether stand-up comedy could also be considered a form of speech and/or public speaking. I connected with the section on speeches of introduction because I’ve had to give them once during a school event. For my third speech (a toast), I will have to incorporate a balance of emotion and storytelling mixed with a bit of humor to keep the audience engaged. The challenge will be finding the right mix of sentimentality in my stories with both meaning and purpose.
Chapter 25 discusses the different types of special occasion speeches and their purposes, which range from entertaining and celebration to commemoration or introduction. One takeaway for me was realizing how many types of speeches exist that I hadn’t previously considered as formal speeches, such as introductions and roasts. The chapter also emphasized the importance of tailoring a speech to the specific expectations of the audience. Unlike persuasive or informative speeches, which focus on delivering arguments or facts, special occasion speeches rely on emotional connection, storytelling, and audience engagement. For example, a eulogy should balance emotion and be realistic while focusing on celebrating a person’s life, whereas an after-dinner speech should be lighthearted without feeling forced and too comedic. After reading this chapter, I’ve realized how much skill it takes to deliver some of these speeches effectively. A toast or after-dinner speech requires a natural gift of humor to keep the audience engaged without sounding forced or awkward. Now I wonder whether stand-up comedy could also be considered a form of speech and/or public speaking. I connected with the section on speeches of introduction because I’ve had to give them once during a school event. For my third speech (a toast), I will have to incorporate a balance of emotion and storytelling mixed with a bit of humor to keep the audience engaged. The challenge will be finding the right mix of sentimentality in my stories with both meaning and purpose.
Chapter 25 covered celebratory and emotional speeches, which explained how such speeches can deeply influence an audience. Such speeches are designed to evoke strong emotions, either motivating a wedding crowd or consoling a funeral crowd. The main objective is to connect with the audience on an emotional level, which, in many ways, mirrors the goal of any other speech we’ve worked on. What I found most interesting and practical from this chapter is the concept of establishing a social agenda. A social agenda, that is, is simply about establishing the tone or mood of your speech—essentially guiding the audience’s anticipation of what’s to come. For example, the book shows that an entertainment speech will typically establish a light-hearted, humorous tone. A celebratory speech, while being positive, might shift in tone depending on circumstances, perhaps somber or even contemplative. The inspirational speech also tends to be more dramatic, with an emphasis on giving encouragement or success stories. What ties these speeches together is the ability to create and sustain a steady tone throughout, something that I must start doing with my own speeches. In general, the chapter provided valuable insight into actual situations in which I might be able to deliver speeches, and made me realize more about the importance of tone and emotional connection in public speaking.
Special occasion speeches are speeches that are prepared for a specific reason. There are different types of specific occasions that you may need to prepare a speech for. There are speeches that you may need to entertain listeners. These should be lighthearted and amusing, and the listeners may expect there to be some insight into the topic you are speaking about. There are also speeches that celebrate certain things, like a person, place, or event. In a speech like this, listeners are expecting praise about the subject. This type of speech is common in weddings. There are also commemoration speeches. These are usually given in someone’s honor like at a memorial. There are also inspiration speeches and speeches that set social agendas. Inspiration speeches are used to motivate listeners. In speeches that set social agendas listeners expect set goals and articulation of plans. In these speeches it is important to have an introduction where you give some background about why you are speaking at said event. This should include qualifications or achievements that you have made that led to you speaking. There should also be a brief preview of what listeners can expect to take away from the speech. It is important to know what kind of occasion you are speaking on so you can reach the correct target audience.
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Chapter 25 was one that placed an emphasis on celebratory/emotional speeches and how those types of speeches play an impact on an audience. These speeches in particular are meant to inspire a feeling or uplift an audience during an event such as a wedding on the positive end, or a eulogy on a possible negative end. The main goal of these speeches to engage an audience on an emotional level, which in a way is alike to any other speech that we have done. What this chapter emphasizes that I find most interesting/important for me to take away is setting a social agenda. What a social agenda entails are in a less professional sense, setting the vibe or the tone for what your speech will cover. For instance, the book states that in speeches for entertainment, listeners would expect a lighthearted, more amusing speech. Whereas a speech to celebrate a person may have that same vibe, they can also set a more gloomy speech atmosphere depending on the nature of which they want their speech to follow. Or even an inspirational speech where the audience is expecting words of advice in a dramatic manor, or tales of excellence. What all of these have in common is a set tone/vibe that is distinguished throughout the speech, which I need to start accounting for in my speeches. Overall, the topics mentioned in the chapter provided insight into honestly, a more applicable scenario where I may publicly speak in my life.
Chapter 25 was about Speaking on Special Occasions, therefore a particularly important chapter for our next speech. It states that, ‘A special occasion speech is one that is prepared for a special occasion and for the purpose dictated by that occasion,’ which is simpler terms is a special occasion speech is for events like, weddings, birthdays, funeral, etc. Depending on what event the speech is for depends on how you write it and deliver it to the audience. Each of those speeches has a different purpose or meaning, some may be to entertain, celebrate, commemorate, inspire, or set a social agenda speech. This applied to me for when I give a speech about my mom for our speech 3. I need to be able to clearly get my points across about my mom by entertaining the class with why exactly I chose her. There are also several types of speeches, including a Speech of Introduction, Speeches of Acceptance, Speeches of Presentations, Roasts and Toast, eulogies, After-Dinner speeches, and speeches of inspiration. Again, all of these have a different way of writing them and delivering them. Overall, I found this chapter very interesting especially in relation to our next speech.
Journal #13
What are the big takeaways from chapter 25? In a full Jounral entry, help explain the significant of what you found important and what you connected with in the chapter.
Word count: 213
Chapter 25 went over making speeches at important events, some of the events I will talk about are the ones that I found significant. For weddings, or anniversaries where you are celebrating someone’s accomplishments the listeners will look to the speaker and will want to praise on the subject of celebration, so you want to work towards that expectation. For a commemorate event, this is usually, in my mind, at a funeral, or something where you are celebrating what someone did in their life, the listeners are expecting the speakers to offer remeberce of the person. The last thing that I thought was significant to me within this chapter was the speech of inspiration, so this is usually a prep talk. This is when you want to appeal to the audiences emotions, using real life stories, being dynamic and making your goal clear. A thing this chapter noted is that you want to close with a dramatic ending. I wanted to make my speech kind fall into this category of speech. I have a rough idea of my speech, I want to talk about my dad, and I want to hype him up, as he always hyped me up. I hint that I could do this through an speech of inspiration, I hope.
Chapter 25 discusses the different types of special occasion speeches and their purposes, which range from entertaining and celebration to commemoration or introduction. One takeaway for me was realizing how many types of speeches exist that I hadn’t previously considered as formal speeches, such as introductions and roasts. The chapter also emphasized the importance of tailoring a speech to the specific expectations of the audience. Unlike persuasive or informative speeches, which focus on delivering arguments or facts, special occasion speeches rely on emotional connection, storytelling, and audience engagement. For example, a eulogy should balance emotion and be realistic while focusing on celebrating a person’s life, whereas an after-dinner speech should be lighthearted without feeling forced and too comedic. Some speeches have specific roles and structures, such as keynote speeches, which play a significant role in shaping social agendas by reinforcing the goals and values of a particular group. After reading this chapter, I’ve realized how much skill it takes to deliver some of these speeches effectively. A toast or after-dinner speech requires a natural gift of humor to keep the audience engaged without sounding forced or awkward. Now I wonder whether stand-up comedy could also be considered a form of speech and/or public speaking. I connected with the section on speeches of introduction because I’ve had to give them once during a school event. For my third speech (a toast), I will have to incorporate a balance of emotion and storytelling mixed with a bit of humor to keep the audience engaged. The challenge will be finding the right mix of sentimentality in my stories with both meaning and purpose.
Chapter 25 discusses the different types of special occasion speeches and their purposes, which range from entertaining and celebration to commemoration or introduction. One takeaway for me was realizing how many types of speeches exist that I hadn’t previously considered as formal speeches, such as introductions and roasts. The chapter also emphasized the importance of tailoring a speech to the specific expectations of the audience. Unlike persuasive or informative speeches, which focus on delivering arguments or facts, special occasion speeches rely on emotional connection, storytelling, and audience engagement. For example, a eulogy should balance emotion and be realistic while focusing on celebrating a person’s life, whereas an after-dinner speech should be lighthearted without feeling forced and too comedic. After reading this chapter, I’ve realized how much skill it takes to deliver some of these speeches effectively. A toast or after-dinner speech requires a natural gift of humor to keep the audience engaged without sounding forced or awkward. Now I wonder whether stand-up comedy could also be considered a form of speech and/or public speaking. I connected with the section on speeches of introduction because I’ve had to give them once during a school event. For my third speech (a toast), I will have to incorporate a balance of emotion and storytelling mixed with a bit of humor to keep the audience engaged. The challenge will be finding the right mix of sentimentality in my stories with both meaning and purpose.
Chapter 25 covered celebratory and emotional speeches, which explained how such speeches can deeply influence an audience. Such speeches are designed to evoke strong emotions, either motivating a wedding crowd or consoling a funeral crowd. The main objective is to connect with the audience on an emotional level, which, in many ways, mirrors the goal of any other speech we’ve worked on. What I found most interesting and practical from this chapter is the concept of establishing a social agenda. A social agenda, that is, is simply about establishing the tone or mood of your speech—essentially guiding the audience’s anticipation of what’s to come. For example, the book shows that an entertainment speech will typically establish a light-hearted, humorous tone. A celebratory speech, while being positive, might shift in tone depending on circumstances, perhaps somber or even contemplative. The inspirational speech also tends to be more dramatic, with an emphasis on giving encouragement or success stories. What ties these speeches together is the ability to create and sustain a steady tone throughout, something that I must start doing with my own speeches. In general, the chapter provided valuable insight into actual situations in which I might be able to deliver speeches, and made me realize more about the importance of tone and emotional connection in public speaking.
Special occasion speeches are speeches that are prepared for a specific reason. There are different types of specific occasions that you may need to prepare a speech for. There are speeches that you may need to entertain listeners. These should be lighthearted and amusing, and the listeners may expect there to be some insight into the topic you are speaking about. There are also speeches that celebrate certain things, like a person, place, or event. In a speech like this, listeners are expecting praise about the subject. This type of speech is common in weddings. There are also commemoration speeches. These are usually given in someone’s honor like at a memorial. There are also inspiration speeches and speeches that set social agendas. Inspiration speeches are used to motivate listeners. In speeches that set social agendas listeners expect set goals and articulation of plans. In these speeches it is important to have an introduction where you give some background about why you are speaking at said event. This should include qualifications or achievements that you have made that led to you speaking. There should also be a brief preview of what listeners can expect to take away from the speech. It is important to know what kind of occasion you are speaking on so you can reach the correct target audience.