Speech Genre: Meeting The Parents
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Rhetorical Context: You (man) speaking to parents of partner in order to strengthen relationship
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Asking solid rhetorical questions
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This could be a solid move for engaging the
audience in deeper thinking or putting them in the situation that I am talking
about.
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Relate the material to personal experience
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Taka
did a great job of doing this in his presentation and won over a lot of Ethos
and Pathos from his audience.
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Giving a more solid overview of what we are
going to explore
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Nick
Laquay did this. I appreciate the casual way I went through the
information, but a quick and entertaining glimpse of what is to come could gain
even more interest from the audience.
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Actually memorize the statistics and all the
information on the slides of the Prezi
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So that I
do not have to even look at the monitor or screen to make meaningful
statements.
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Time the amount of time I want to stay on each
slide
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I spoke to Daniel after class and he mentioned that this is
something that he incorporated into the presentation. It is somewhat limiting
in that it forces you to stay with the timing you established, but it helps you
stay on time which I need to improve on.
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Using a literal timer
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To monitor the amount of time I am spending so
that I do not have to ask how much time I have.
Stop
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I paused during my presentation briefly
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To point out that I forgot to record and thanked
Linda for recording for me. I had told her previously that I wanted her to
record this for me, but I meant to give her my phone so that she would not have
to email it to me from hers.
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Occasionally making a sound with my tongue
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It seems like I was sticking my tongue to the
roof of my mouth, creating suction, then pulling off quickly to make a sort of
connecting sound between statements. I stopped using the words like and um, but
incorporated this weird new thing.
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Saying um.
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I said it once in the first 2 minutes and then…
later said “um, you know.” They don’t know, that is why I am giving this
presentation. Saying you know and um just wasted valuable time that I could
have used later in the presentation.
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Mispronunciation and using incorrect tenses on
some words
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For example around the beginning I said: “you’re
intended audiences are the parents.” This is
clearly poor use of tenses and doesn’t make grammatical sense.
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This happened again at 1:42 when I said: “we’re gonna talk about what the man can do to get closer
to their in-laws and get some good relationship.” Need
to work on phrasing and structuring my sentences more clearly while on stage.
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Making useless statements
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Superfluous statements like “…your partner can
do that because she knows the parents.” Obviously your partner knows his or her
parents. That statement could have been rephrased. “…because they are her
parents” is probably what I was going for.
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Reverting to a somewhat monotonous tone
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When rushed to finish the presentation during
the last stretch, my tone of voice seemed to kind of flat-line as I rushed to
get to the video clips and final message.
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Using hand gestures effectively
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I was a lot more diverse in my hand gestures
this time around and even incorporated some claps to bring attention to myself
before important statements. This was done effectively at 55 seconds into the
video.
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I like that I created a sort of persona for the
audience during my speech
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I assigned them the role of a Man meeting the parents
of the Daughter or Son of the house with the intention of making the
relationship more serious. I hope that this had the effect of winning the
audience’s attention by involving them in the story.
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Using strong eye contact and body language
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I did not spend too much time looking at the
monitors, but I would like to spend even less time on that. Also, I used a few
solid gestures throughout: the clap, the pray and point, the rainbow, the high
5, the conductor, the bend knees to get low, and the no handlebars.
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Speaking with confidence
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Throughout the presentation, I felt and sounded
very sure of myself. I had done adequate research on my topic and considered
myself an expert a good amount of time ahead of class. As a result I felt
comfortable discussing the material and delivered the information confidently.
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Acting out the moves that I mention. The
specific moves:
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Plead the Fifth – I raised my hand with five
fingers out and acted out the motions of nudging my partner
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Firm handshake – described and acted out the
handshake as well as described the effects of the move
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The wine bottle – used physical comedy and witty
language to make the move a joke and communicate the importance of preparing
for the move ahead of time.
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Using humor to deliver my point and make my
statements understood.
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The images and clips that I incorporated into
the slides strengthened my humorous dialogue and body language. I also believe
they played a significant role in winning the approval of my audience.
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