Traditional Indian Wedding Self Analysis Paper

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Traditional Indian Weddings Self Analysis Paper

In my speech I discussed traditional Indian weddings. I spoke about how most people in America may think of the term, “Wedding”, as the traditional long, white gown. I wanted to accomplish the goal of conveying to the audience about how after doing some research I have learned that in many places around the world, traditional weddings look a lot different than what most Americans are accustomed too. I also wanted to inform them of what traditional Indian weddings include. After watching and analyzing my speech, I have come up with a list of strengths and a list of weaknesses. Identifying these elements in my speech will help me learn how to overcome them, become a stronger writer, and increase …show more content…

Each informative speech was interesting in their own way. Once Bailey was near the end of her speech I began to get nervous and think about my speech once again. I usually take a moment to mentally prepare myself so that I am organized when I know that I will be up next. To my surprise, the nerves ended up getting the best of me when trying to enter the password for my google drive. Knowing the password by heart, I began to type it in a few more times with no luck. I was caught off guard and my mind went blank. Embarrassed, I walked back to my desk to look at the password I had written down in my planner in the beginning of the year. After finally getting the powerpoint ready to go I could feel my nerves taking over me. Looking back now, I should have just taken a moment to reorganize my thoughts and control my nerves, but I did not. During the speech I just tried to pay attention to my topic and to my audience. I had rehearsed it many times the night before so that I would not let my nerves get to me and read off of my paper. After my speech I felt a sigh of relief because although I felt like it went better than my previous speeches, I was disappointed because letting myself get caught off guard over something so small completely changed the way I presented my speech. Scared that I was going to blank out or not remember what to say, I put a lot more on my keyword than I should