Essays on Public Speaking

Public speaking and oral presentation, the words that students fear the most. Every single year, students have to present something in some sort of way where they have to talk in front of the class. These things happen multiple times during the year, so my…

Before I started my first semester at Sacramento State, in my last high school year, I had known I would not see most of my friends and peers who had the same interests, languages, and goals as me. They would walk to the different path…

Politicians: politicians need communication as they are often delivering bad news such as scandals, failures and targets not being met. Judgement will always be cast on the way they communicate due to always being in the public eye and the way they handle situations will…

There are five personal benefits that come with taking a public speaking course. The first skill is, “learning how to speak to an audience” (Gregory). This skill is applicable when dealing with large and unfamiliar crowds. Another benefit is that “you learn skills that apply…

Personal Essay Nervously walking into the classroom, I glanced around. Today was just a mundane school day, nothing out of the ordinary. Classmates were milling around and chatting, their faces showing unconcern to today’s agenda. But to me, today’s main event was a very big…

Authors of informational texts use techniques to create meaning and emphasize their ideas. These are called rhetorical devices. Imagine watching someone give a speech. If the speaker is simply looking down at a piece of paper and listing facts in a monotone voice, you likely…

The end of the World War II saw the increased activities of unidentified flying objects moving at a great speed over the sky, this sparked interest in some scientists and prompted data collection, analysis, and investigations which spanned into years by both the Air force…