Reading a speech is different from listening to the spoken word. One way reading a speech is different from listening to it is you can gauge the emotions, passion, and mood of the speaker when listening. A second way reading a speech is different from listening to it is unusual accents or voice volume can hinder understanding. A third way reading a speech is different from listening to it is interruptions in the speech make it difficult to know the main ideas. These differences between reading a speech and listening to it are important because listening to text and reading text can be benefiting and not benefiting. One way reading a speech is different from listening to it is you can gauge the emotions, passion and mood of the speaker when listening. In the text it says "I Have a Dream." As a result of this I could really feel his passion and emotion when he said those words because it was said really loudly, with confidence and it shows pride. But when I read that part, I really couldn't feel any emotion or passion because I read it as dull boring. Another example in the text is "Almighty,we are free at last. (King) This example supports that reading a speech is different from listening to it because when I read this part I really couldn't feel any emotion or passion the writer was trying to express. But when I heard this exact part in the speech, I could really understand the feeling Dr.King was trying to put out and he said it with great authority. The conclusion that you can draw from this is that from listening to a speech you can really gauge the emotions of the speaker. A second way reading a speech is different from listening to it is unusual accents or voice volume can hinder understanding. Supporting evidence from the text or details for my second point are " We observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom. (Kennedy) This evidence proves that reading a speech is better because when I heard this speec