Content Portfolio Project
· Speaking/Listening: 1. Speeches In my Intro to Communications class, our class was required to do a narrative speech and an informative speech. A narrative speech is “… often one that is based on personal experience is used to tell a story” ( https://www.thoughtco.com ) I told a story about my grandpa’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis and how this affected me negatively and positively. An informative speech is, “ An informative speech is one that provides information and educates the audience on a specific topic” ( www.myspeechclass.com ). My informative speech was about the world’s plastic addiction and its effects on the planet. The informative speech taught me to verbally sight my sources, so I could avoid plagiarism, as well as provide interesting knowledge/facts in a way that is easy for people to understand (while also stimulating). This also taught me to rely on information is a way that isn’t necessarily p...