Speeches & Rhetoric


American Rhetoric - Top 100 Speeches: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speechesall.html

Digital History: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/

Election 2008 - Candidate Speeches: http://2008election.procon.org/viewresource.asp?resourceID=1568

History and Politics Out Loud: http://www.hpol.org/

President-elect Obabma's Victory Speech: http://2008election.procon.org/sourcefiles/Obama20081104.pdf

What Makes an Effective Speech?: www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/monkeytrial/sfeature/sf_lucas.html


If you do not find what you're looking for in the above resources, try the search tips listed below.

  Internet Search Tips

  1. Type the URL (web site address) of a search directory/engine in the address box: ex: www.yahoo.com, or www.google.com, etc.
     
  2. (Be sure to type the address exactly the way you see it, including any uppercase letters and punctuation).
     
  3. Type in keyword(s). (If your keyword has two parts such as: "famous speeches", be sure to put quotes around it so that the search engine only finds the Internet sites with famous speeches as opposed to all of the sites containing the word famous plus all of the sites containing the word speeches.
     

  4. If you would like to search for something for a specific famous speech, try a combined keyword search by adding a comma followed by a space and your other search term. For instance; if I wanted to find famous speeches for African-American History,  I would enter the following:

    "famous speeches", "African-American"

    Hit Enter on your keyboard, or click on Search, then scan the description of the "hits" (entries) and click on the links that sound best.
     

  5. Be sure to evaluate each Internet site for the following:
    • Authority: Can you tell if the author is credible (believable)?
    • Objectivity: Is the information objective (honest and free of bias)?
    • Currency: Is the information recent and up-to-date?
    • Design: Is the site designed in a clear and user friendly way?
    • Navigation: Is the site easy to navigate through, and are all links current and usable?

     

  6. Remember: if you choose to use any information (text or graphics) found on an Internet source, 
    you must include it in your bibliography.

Remember:  YOU MUST CITE EVERY RESOURCE YOU USED to gather information on your 
Works Cited (Bibliography) page.  Use the Works Cited Guide to access MLA format.

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