There are essentially three types of speeches public speakers use to influence their audience. In this lesson‚ we’ll look at those three types of speeches and how each serves a different purpose. Speeches Everyone knows what a speech is like. A person stands at the front of the room and begins to speak. Then you sit down for an hour‚ wondering when the speaker will finish and allow you to get out of the uncomfortable fold-out chair‚ right? Not necessarily; speeches are used more often than
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PUBLIC SPEAKING SKILLS Lesson 3: Public Speaking Skills (Page15) This is an essential part of leadership because leaders must use public speaking skills to inspire people to follow them. Public speaking is everybody’s greatest fear‚ so it is important to make the speaking experience enjoyable for your students. The leadership course consists of four short speeches to help your students: * Practice the different skills of public speaking such as: eye contact‚ using gestures‚ movement‚ and
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Pericles’ Funeral Oration Why do we fight wars if they just cause death and sorrow? This famous speech was written by Thucydides‚ but given by Pericles sometime during Athens’ Pelponnesian War. This kind of speech was generally given at a mass funeral‚ to honor many who had died fighting in the war. Typically‚ funeral speeches at that time were very somber and mournful‚ but Pericles changed that. In this speech‚ he created this idea of national pride and faith in society‚ by using many hopeful
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PUBLIC SPEAKING INTRODUCTION When we heard the word‚ ‘public speaking’‚ what came to mind is standing in front of a crowded room packed with people and talking to them. The image alone sometimes create an enormous effect on most people‚ causing nervousness‚ and maybe even fear. Before we jump to that‚ let’s look at the definition of the word itself. According to Merriam Webster online dictionary‚ the words Public Speaking has a meaning of “the act or process of making speeches in public‚” or
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PARTS OF A SPEECH Before you can write a speech‚ you have to know a little about speech construction. There are certain types of speeches‚ and each type contains certain characteristics. Just like essays‚ all speeches have three main sections: the introduction‚ the body‚ and the conclusion. Unlike essays‚ speeches must be written to be heard‚ as opposed to read. You need to write a speech in a way that keeps the attention of an audience. This simply means that your speech should contain a little
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Four Types of Informative Speeches The last part of chapter 14 is a bit confusing as it attempts to categorize the different approaches to Informative Speaking. For our purposes‚ we will assign Informative Speeches to the following four (4) types‚ and this is to REPLACE pages 337-344. Use these‚ and NOT the ones in the text‚ to guide you in the development of the Informative Speech. 4 Types of Informative Speeches 1) Descriptive – in the most general sense‚ you are trying to get the
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HIDEOUS! If I was there I would have KILLED that Montague! The next time I see that fool I will show no mercy and torture him to DEATH‚ and show no hope! He had trully destroyed my evening and he shall regret it! Someday‚ he will die with my blade! - Tybalt Day 2 Dear diary‚ I dislike peace‚ hate hell and my detestation of the Montagues are beyond my imagination. It was revolting to see that Benvolio making all that peace‚ it just disgusts me so much; so weak and worthless. Seeing those
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Monologue of Tybalt the Capulet I am Tybalt‚ a Capulet and cousin of Juliet. I am known as short-tempered‚ impulsive‚ and a vengeful person‚ I draw my sword anytime I can. However I am loyal beyond words and honour the family rivalry between the Capulets and the Montagues with great heart. I will never betray the Capulets. On the day of Capulets’ party Romeo showed up. I recognised Romeo through his disguise at the Capulets’ ball. I can’t remember that we invited him to our party. Why is Romeo
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TINO’S EULOGY We gather here today to celebrate the life of my great great grandmother‚ a mentor and also my closet friend‚ Tino Dinh. She left us after 120 years contributing wisdom and contagious passion to this world. If life were a horror movie‚ great great grandma would be that weird Asian one‚ who figured out who or what the killer was. Despite the unusual talent and logical reasoning‚ she would still be the second to last to die and gave everyone a good laugh in the movie‚ because of her
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Shakespeare‚ Benvolio and Tybalt are considered a dramatic foil. Benvolio is a peacemaker. Tybalt is one who looks for fights. Tybalt and Benvolio are complete opposites. In the opening scene‚ Benvolio and Mercutio are out in the town when Tybalt approaches them. Benvolio tries to stop a fight to break out but draws his sword out of sheer protection as stated‚ “I do but keep the peace. Put up thy sword‚ or manage it to part these men with me.” (1.1.61-62). When Benvolio said this‚ Tybalt is fired and won’t
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