Sample Student Speech: “Closet Artifacts” by Monica E. Wolfe   …

JusticeRedPandaPerson687 Sample Student Speech: “Closet Artifacts” by Monica E. Wolfe   …Sample Student Speech: “Closet Artifacts” by Monica E. Wolfe  CLOSET ARTIFACTS by Monica E. Wolfe In this box are the archaeological ruins of my closet. As my very southern mother says, “You can tell a lot about a lady by her closet.” Although I don’t think this is what she had in mind, I’m going to let the T-shirts in my closet tell you about me. My T-shirts will show how my life has changed from my first try at college to world travel as a flight attendant to settled married life and another go at college. I was born and raised in Austin, Texas. I had never been anywhere but Austin, so of course I went to the University of Texas. I joined a sorority [T-shirt] and went for two years until they hounded me to say what my major was going to be, but I had no idea. So I left and became a flight attendant for Continental Airlines [T-shirt]. While I was a flight attendant, I had a lot of great experiences. I went to Australia [T-shirt], which I loved—got to hug a koala bear. I went to Mexico [T-shirt] and all around the United States. One of the best things about being a flight attendant was that on a trip I met this T-shirt[T-shirt], His name is John, and he is from Newport Beach, California. This is pretty ragged[T-shirt] because it’s his favorite T-shirt. John is a pilot—at the time for Continental Airlines as well, so we had the chance to work together and travel together. On one of our trips, we went to Hawaii[T-shirt], and while we were in Hawaii, we decided to combine our closet space and got married. A few months after we got married, he decided to get a new job with American Airlines [T-shirt], and this is how we ended up in the Fort Worth/Dallas area [Cowboy T-shirt]. After we were here for about one year, we took another vacation to Ruidoso, New Mexico[T-shirt], and I taught him to ski, which was very interesting. We had a really good time. When we got back from Ruidoso, I had to wear this shirt [maternity T-shirt]. I know it looks plain, but after nine months, I had this shirt [T-shirt turned around to show baby T-shirt pinned on it]. She is now two years old and the joy of our lives. As you can see, the T-shirts found in the archaeological ruins of my closet tell a lot about my life. But this last shirt is the shirt that we all wear [imaginary T-shirt held up], because we are unsure of what it says or where we are going, but we hope that it will be as well-worn as all of these [imaginary T-shirt added to stack of other shirts] This speech was written and delivered to a class in which Monica was a student. The assignment was to create  a 2-3 minute speech on one or more artifacts that, if found by an archeologist in the future, would reveal the most about the speaker. For your assignment, read the speech then write  a short paragraph or two on the content of the speech and your reaction to it. Why did the speech invoke the reaction that you wrote down. Use details to describe your answer. In other words, what words or images in the speech made an impression on you? What words stood out? What descriptions spoke to you? Why was this speech effective? Or, was it? Why or why not? Arts & HumanitiesEnglish