This document provides guidance for writing four reflection essays about speeches delivered during the semester. Each reflection essay should be at least 500 words and discuss the student's views, experiences, and lessons learned from preparing and delivering an informative, persuasive, poetry, or celebration speech. The essays should also address how the student addressed various categories like eye contact, posture, avoiding filler words, developing the main point, and considering the audience. Reflection essays are due at the end of the semester.

1. Reflection Papers
Informative/Persuasive/Poetry/Celebration
A reflection essay is a piece of writing that basically involves your views and feelings about each one of
the speeches that you will deliver this semester (Informative, Persuasive, Poetry& Celebration). The
goal of a reflection essay is to not only discuss what you learned about each speech, but to convey your
personal experiences, and finding from each delivery. You are required to write four reflection essays.
Each essay is required to be written with 500 words or more (page and a half) 12 font/doubled
spaced/Times Roman.
In writing your reflection papers, please consider the following categories below as
supporting guides:
Professional
Conversational
Projection
Vocal Variety/not monotone in the delivery
Avoided fillers, such as, um, like, tongue clicking, smacking
Eye Contact
Stood up straight/posture
Avoided Pacing/Rocking
Main Point/Thesis
Natural Delivery/Voice/Pauses
Well-developed essay & outline
Visuals & Demonstration
Attention Getters
Portfolio
Communication
Well-developed hand-out
MLA Work Cited Page
Opening Stand point/Closing Stand point
Demographics/Audience Centered
Audience
Natural Voice/Interaction with partner
Body
Gestures
Cultural Awareness
Anxiety
Humor
Stories
Toast
The reflection essays are due at the end of the semester. The date will be determined later.