 |  Public Speaking for College and Career, 6/e Hamilton Gregory
Special Types of Speeches
Internet Exercises- For speeches of tribute to famous persons, you can find many biographies
on the Internet. Find and print biographical information about a person you
admire.
Possible Strategy: Go to Yahoo! (www.yahoo.com)
and click on "Society & Culture" and then "People."
Visit one of the biography sites listed. - Find an inspirational speech by one of America's great orators (such as
Martin Luther King Jr., Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, Jane Addams,
or Chief Joseph). Write down at least one sentence that shows the use of stirring,
emotional language.
Possible Strategy: Go to a speech archives site, where you can read or hear
great speeches from the past. Some options: Douglass: Archives of American
Public Address (douglass.speech.nwu.edu/byspeakr.htm);
Historic Audio Archives (www.webcorp.com/sounds/index.htm),
and the History Channel (www.historychannel.com/speeches/index.html).
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