The speaker was well dressed in a suit and he had good posture, which helped give him a good impression and appear approachable and relaxed. The speaker starts his speech off by foreshadowing his answer to his wife’s question at the altar. He used gestures and movement many times throughout his speech. An example of when it was used is when he portrays the movement of rewinding back in his life to when he was younger asking his mom to allow him to go to parties. He walked backwards on the stage and moved his arms in a rewinding motion. Another example is when he describes what happened at the party he went to when he was caught drinking red handed by the sheriff. He gets on the ground on his hands and knees showing how he had to pick up cigarette butts off of the ground. Using movement and gestures helps illustrate what was happening and builds interest.…show more content… When pretending to be his mother and the sheriff he imitated how their real voices sounded. When he imitated the sheriff’s voice he sounded taunting and sly. In his mother’s voice he sounded feminine, disappointed, and scolding. While in these voices he used the facial expression that they used as if it was happening in the moment. He also used different facial expressions to show how he felt disgusted after picking up cigarette butts and how he was scared and ashamed when he saw his mother at the sheriff station. The speaker's use of voices and facial expressions made his speech entertaining and gave it a sense of reality. While speaking, he used eye contact, his voice was clear, he spoke at a good rate, and his voice projected to a loud enough volume for the audience to hear. Rose suggests (2004), “Tell a story by painting a picture. Visual images stimulate the listener's imagination. Even better are personal experiences that place you in the audience's shoes. Personal anecdotes show that you are human” (Rose,
