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Listening Exercises >
Extreme Audience pdf | Listening Habits pdf | International Listening Association

Dissemination

Presentations/speeches/oratory

Creative

 

Informative

Persuasive

Exercises

 

Fable, Narrative, Proverb, Encomium, Vituperation, Impersonation, and Description in the Progymnasmata

 

Refutation, Confirmation, Commonplace, Thesis, and Defend/Attack a Law in the Progymnasmata;

Declamation

Sample Assignments and Forms

Narrative Speech Assignment doc

Ceremonial Speech Assignment doc

Narrative Evaluation Form doc

Narrative Peer Observation Form doc

Ceremonial Evaluation Form doc

Ceremonial Peer Observation Form doc

Informative Presentation Assignment doc

Evaluation Form doc

Peer Observation Form doc

Persuasive Speech Assignment doc

Evaluation Form doc

Peer Observation Form doc

Textbooks

Lipman, Improving Your Storytelling

Carpenter, Choosing Powerful Words

Lakoff and Johnson, Metaphors We Live By

Sprague and Stuart, The Speaker's Compact Handbook

 

Sprague and Stuart, The Speaker's Compact Handbook

Corbett and Eberly, The Elements of Reasoning

Crowley and Hawhee, Ancient Rhetorics for Contemporary Students

Links

Figures of Speech

The Power and Purpose of Poetry in [Speech]

Narrative Medicine

Medical Students Learn to Read Patients' Stories

Resources for Poets

Presidential Inaugurations

Gettysburg PowerPoint Presentation

Aristotle's Poetics

Presentation Zen

How to Give an Effective Speech

Designing Effective Visuals

Presentations in Scientific and Academic Settings

Poster Presentations

Killing Me Microsoftly

More Power Than Point

Trees

The Reasoning Page

Designing Effective Visuals

Presentations in Scientific and Academic Settings

Aristotle's Rhetoric

 

Dialogue

Academic Discussion

 

Interviewing

 

Small Groups

Sample Assignments and Forms

Preparatory Research Paper doc

Discussion Lead doc

Citizenship Interview Essay doc

Informed Consent doc

 
Links

Encouraging Student Participation in Discussion

Student-Led Discussion Manual

 

Group Projects

Group Projects and Presentations

Groupthink

 

This page was first posted on 2 February 2004 and last updated on 26 April 2007.
Anthony Fleury, Washington & Jefferson College