ROSHAAN AMEER DISCUSSION PUBLIC SPEAKING " When you plan your first speech (or your second or third),you should concentrate on such basics as speaking intelligibly, avoiding distracting mannerisms, and establishing eye contact with your listeners. "(Chapter 13, page 232) "When you do, be sure to adjust your voice to the acoustics of the room, size of the audience, and the level of background noise."(Chapter 13, page 235) 1. I chose this sentence from the text is important to me as a public speaker because it's very important as an public speaker that you should always want to be prepare before your speech in order to catch errors.If you don't prepare for your speeches as a public speaker , it can be noticeable in your speech as your audience hear your speech unravel. I will apply this sentence to myself while growing as a public speaker by taking the time out to prepare weeks before I have a speech that I have to present to an audience. 2. I chose this sentence from the text because a public speaker is very important to project your voice in order for your audience to hear you. It is important to speak at a certain volume as a public speaker because you always want to be clear and be heard clearly, if you talk with a low voice it is possible for someone to mistake what you are saying for something else. As a growing public speaker I want to be able to talk with loudness in my voice without the sense of feeling like it's too loud or just an uncomfortable felling that I feel as a public speaker.