Informative Speech Outline Eulogies Introduction Attention Getter: Life is not just about the number of days we live‚ or the number of contacts we have. Our lives can have an immeasurable and undetectable affect on others. Motivational Link: At some point in our lives we could write‚ read‚ or even hear a eulogy about someone that we once knew. Purpose Statement: Through the context of my presentation it is my purpose to enlighten you on the qualities that make these speeches so memorable
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Sabrina Simer 9/27/06 Reaction Paper After reading both speeches I found that the purpose of Pericles’s speech was to honor the ancestors‚ the survivors‚ the ones who died for the country‚ and their families. It was also to speak of the goodness of Athens and reiterate how rewarding having a democracy is. The purpose of Lincoln’s speech was very similar. It was to dedicate a monument as the final resting place for those who have died in the civil war; it was also to reinforce the fact that
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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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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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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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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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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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Eulogy of Parson Johnson Hello everyone‚ I thank you all again for coming along to pay tribute to Frank Reprieve Wilcox or more well known as Mr Van Gogh‚ a member in our community who was not rightly recognised and possibly seen by some as an oddity. I am Rodney Johnson and would like to use this time to reflect on our Mr Van Gogh in order to value each member of our community in a greater way. Mr Van Gogh’s real name was Frank Reprieve Wilcox. After thinking back over his life‚ I realised how
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