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Public Speaking for College and Career, 6/e
Hamilton Gregory

Introductions and Conclusions

Internet Exercises

  1. Mythology and folklore provide a rich trove of stories. Search the Internet for a legend or story and print it out.
  2. Possible Strategy: Go to Yahoo! (www.yahoo.com), click on "Society & Culture," choose "Mythology and Folklore," and explore several sites.

  3. The techniques discussed in this chapter for opening and closing a speech are often used by writers in magazines. On the Internet, find and print an article that begins or ends with a story, rhetorical question, or any of the other techniques.
  4. Possible Strategy: To find magazines that are interesting to you, go to the American Journalism Review NewsLink (www.newslink.org/mag.html) and browse through several magazines.