Great speeches for better speaking listen and learn from history's most memorable speeches

What person faced with speaking in public wouldn't want some pointers from great speakers like John F Kennedy or Ronald Reagan? This work outlines the six areas that are critical for making an impact with a speech - situation, content, structure, style, delivery, rhetorical strategies and tacti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eidenmuller, Michael E. (-)
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : McGraw-Hill 2008
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Great debate
  • Situation: Ronald Reagan's Space Shuttle Challenger address
  • Content: Edward M. Kennedy's "Faith and Country, Tolerance and Truth in America"
  • Structure: Douglas MacArthur's Thayer Award Acceptance address
  • Style: John F. Kennedy's Inaugural address
  • Delivery: Barbara Jordan's Statement on the Articles of Impeachment
  • Special Rhetroical Tactics: Mary Fisher's 1992 Republican National Convention address
  • Great Speechmaking
  • Appendix: Speech transcripts in their entirety.