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Essay / Analysis of “The King's Ears Are Donkey's Ears” - 1677
I was afraid of forgetting or becoming blank in the middle of the story, so instead of telling the story as I 'd practiced, I found myself rushing and missing a lot, including verbal and non-verbal choices. For the verbal choices, I had no problem remembering the story and a few key phrases. However, I forgot to make the characters' voices more distinct, especially that of the pretty little girl. For non-verbal choices, I forgot to look up and down when the girl and the old lady are having a conversation, I forgot to make an exciting face at the little girl when she was excited to eat a pot, and I forgot to repeat a key phrase “bubble”. After watching my own performance, I realized that I was using the word "and" too many times and, out of nervousness, I mispronounced a few words. As I watched myself play, I remembered that I wasn't sure I could execute the hand movements I was practicing. I didn't underline some details very well. I was not firm and straight in my posture, narration, eye contact and facial expressions. Also, I almost forgot what I should say as the penultimate sentence which I repeated a lot for an end, and I laughed because I was embarrassed by the fact that I had made a mistake at the end after having instinctively rushed to the end to avoid doing