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

Internet Exercises

  1. On the Internet, you can find photos and video clips of speakers in action. Find a photo of a speaker using a dramatic gesture, print it, and write a one-paragraph summary of why you think the gesture seems to be effective.

    2. Possible Strategy: A good video dictionary can be found at Deaf World Web (dww.deafworldweb.org/asl). Note that the first three letters of the address are different from most addresses.

  2. American Sign Language, popular in the United States and Canada, may be used someday by an interpreter at one of your presentations. Find a site with a video dictionary of ASL terms and learn how to "sign" one word in ASL, such as thanks, OK, yes, or no. (To see a definition in motion, you will need to use a computer that has video capabilities.)

    3. Possible Strategy: Go to AltaVista (www.altavista.com), choose "Image Search" and search with these keywords: "gestures speech speaker."









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