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My Informative Speech On The Culper Spy Ring

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I delivered my informative speech on the Culper Spy Ring extemporaneously and used six pages of speaker notes to help keep my speech on track. I also arrived to class early as usual in order to set up the PowerPoint before class started. Another student agreed to record my speech, which was about twelve minutes long.
With this speech, I continued to keep my tone more conversational in order to better keep the attention of the audience. I mentioned James Bond in the beginning of my speech to draw attention to my topic. On another note, my time management has improved significantly and the topic was appropriate for both the assignment and the audience.
My speech was kept organized and easy to follow using my outline, and my main point was made
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