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  2. Elocution - Wikipedia

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    American students of elocution drew selections from what were popularly deemed "Speakers." By the end of the century, several Speaker texts circulated throughout the United States, including McGuffey's New Juvenile Speaker, the Manual of Elocution and Reading, the Star Speaker, and the popular Delsarte Speaker. Some of these texts even included ...

  3. Kindergarten teacher's touching speech and song at graduation

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    During the speech, he reminisced about his first days standing before a room full of students in September 2001. He said some kids were "tattling, crying. Some not listening to directions at all.

  4. Discourse analysis - Wikipedia

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    Discourse analysis (DA), or discourse studies, is an approach to the analysis of written, spoken, or sign language, including any significant semiotic event. [ citation needed ] The objects of discourse analysis ( discourse , writing, conversation, communicative event ) are variously defined in terms of coherent sequences of sentences ...

  5. Freedom of speech in schools in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Whether the speech is sexually vulgar or obscene (Bethel School District v. Fraser). Whether the speech, if allowed as part of a school activity or function, would be contrary to the basic educational mission of the school (Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier). Each of these considerations has given rise to a separate mode of analysis, and in Morse v.

  6. Rhetoric - Wikipedia

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    Aspects of elementary education (training in reading and writing, grammar, and literary criticism) are followed by preliminary rhetorical exercises in composition (the progymnasmata) that include maxims and fables, narratives and comparisons, and finally full legal or political speeches. The delivery of speeches within the context of education ...

  7. Neo-Aristotelianism (literature) - Wikipedia

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    Wichelns' work was one of the first that introduced Neo-Aristotelianism. It narrowed down speech to 12 key topics to be studied, similar to many of the topics discussed by Aristotle in the Rhetoric. His topics for speech critique include: Speaker's personality; Character of the speaker (how the audience views a speaker) Audience; Major ideas

  8. Impromptu speaking - Wikipedia

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    Typically in high school speech competitions, a competitor is given 30 seconds to select a topic from a set of topics (usually three). The competitor will then have 5 minutes to compose a speech of five minutes with a 30-second grace period. There is a general outline for impromptu speeches, it is as follows: Introduction/roadmap (1 minute)

  9. Public speaking - Wikipedia

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    She presented this speech to the press in Peshawar, [59] bringing more awareness to the situation in Pakistan. [59] She is known for her "inspiring and passionate speech" about educational rights given at the United Nations. [58] She is the youngest person ever to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, at the age of 17, which was awarded to her in 2014 ...