The story behind this collection of eulogiesIt began with two funeral speeches I had written. Almost as soon as I put them online, they attracted an enormous number of visitors. It was then I realized the need for more. I also knew my examples would not answer everybody's needs. ...
Martin Luther King, Jr.'sI Have a Dreamspeech is one of the most famous persuasive speeches of all time. Excerpt: Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now...
Have you ever wondered how to use humor effectively in speeches? What gets a laugh? What doesn't, and why? Most of us, me included, would love to effortlessly entertain as well as inform when we present. We know and appreciate the gifts humor brings. ...
Antithesis is also commonly used among famous personalities’ speeches and in common quotes and idioms. Here are a few examples: We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools. (Martin Luther King, Jr.) And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do...
pockets of verbatim theatre weaved in (snippets of Presidential speeches etc) students playing multiple characters with simple costume changes are acceptable In my 30+ years of teaching, I can honestly say that I have NEVER got a group of senior Drama students more engaged in an academic task ...
of speeches in which the leaders of different states attempt to persuade their listeners to follow a given course of action. Furthermore, strategy invariably rests on assumptions of many kinds—about what is lawful ormoral, about what technology can achieve, about conditions of weather and ...