Phase 3 Individual Project

Speech #1: Martin Luther King “ I’ve been to the Mountaintop”

1. How did the speaker gain the audience’s attention? The way he gain the audience attention by going straight to the issue that he wanted to talk about 2. Explain the topic and purpose of the speech. The topic was that he had a believed that one day America would change their ways and see everyone as equal but he could not do this alone. He needed the help of everyone in order for this to work. 3. Describe any facts or explanations given to support the speaker’s argument or topic of discussion. He had used his own experiences to support his topic. He even through in other people speeches like Franklin Roosevelt’s speech by stating one of his famous line “We have nothing to fear but fear itself” 4. Evaluate the speaker’s delivery. Explain how the speaker used their voice to show enthusiasm, or to emphasize information while speaking. As he was speaking he had a very strong tone voice to show that he means business. 5. Discuss how the speaker transitioned to the conclusion. At the end of the speech he made quite an impression stating ‘if I had sneezed” He said this because he was stab in his chest and he stated that the doctors told him if he would have sneezed he would have died and if this had happened he would not have impacted America as he did. He basically made America grateful to have him around as an encouragement for the civil rights movement 6. Identify where you feel the speaker did well. He did well throughout the speech. He got right to the point and getting on a personal level with his audience. He made people see what needed to be changed. He told them how it is and was not holding back. 7. Express any improvements the speaker could have made. I don’t think he needed any improvement in his speech

Speech #2: john F Kennedy "Ich bin ein Berliner"

1. How did the speaker gain the audience’s attention? He gain the audience attention by giving shout outs to both the Germany’s Chancellor and Berlin’s Mayor for having faith in the democracy in Germany’s future
2. Explain the topic and purpose of the speech. The purpose of this speech was to show that communism isn’t the way. He started repeating the words “let them come to Berlin.”
3. Describe any facts or explanations given to support the speaker’s argument or topic of discussion. To support his topic he was able to tell communist followers to come to Berlin and witness the affect that communism have on a country. He showed how life can be like if the world was a democracy compared to if it was a communism.
4. Evaluate the speaker’s delivery. Explain how the speaker used their voice to show enthusiasm, or to emphasize information while speaking. He used his voice by speaking to the people in their own language which made him connect to them on a deeper level. He used his words to build a climax which had caused a huge reaction to them
5. Discuss how the speaker transitioned to the conclusion. He concluded by saying that wherever there are free people, they are citizens. He also stated that since he is a free man he is very proud to say ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’
6. Identify where you feel the speaker did well. He did well when he was able to connect to West Berlin. He was able to unite them and make them unstoppable
7. Express any improvements the speaker could have made. Overall he did well on his speech.