Personal Narrative: Ella
Ella,
Much like you when I was in 6th grade I had to speak in front of an audience. It can be a very scary experience and when your anxiety starts to kick in it can feel almost impossible to do well. As you said you signed up for another speaking competition and I believe that was the best thing for you to do. You should do things that allow you to speak in front of people to help build up your confidence and make you more comfortable speaking in front of an audience. Do not feel like you are just limited to doing only competitions go out and speak to different people, because audience is different and will have a different effect on how nervous you may be. Like myself, when I speak to an audience of my peers or advisers I tend to feel a
Much like you when I was in 6th grade I had to speak in front of an audience. It can be a very scary experience and when your anxiety starts to kick in it can feel almost impossible to do well. As you said you signed up for another speaking competition and I believe that was the best thing for you to do. You should do things that allow you to speak in front of people to help build up your confidence and make you more comfortable speaking in front of an audience. Do not feel like you are just limited to doing only competitions go out and speak to different people, because audience is different and will have a different effect on how nervous you may be. Like myself, when I speak to an audience of my peers or advisers I tend to feel a