Considering I honestly just threw together my speech, I didn’t perform terribly in retrospect. One of the main issues I had with the speech was my consistent rambling, for it was a topic I was already knowledgeable about and I know many people who survived or worked on the front lines of the peak of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. I was also emotionally involved in the overall topic which did help me rhetorically analyze the themes of the commercial, however it also added to my rambling. Another possible weakness is my tone throughout, as I imitated the tone of the narrator of the advertisement in some parts of the speech, but wasn’t consistent, thus there’s many discrepancies in my tone especially when compared to the subject matter. I think one of the strongest parts of my speech performance was how I connected my extensive previous knowledge of the HIV/AIDS crisis to the commercial analysis. When I watched my fellow group members’ speeches, I realized that focusing on the rhetorical situation would better help me condense my thoughts and analyze my artifact, thus helping me produce a more organized speech.