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These links provide immediate access to forms and other materials you need, as well as information that can assist your speechwriting.

This link connects you to an overview of the basic types of speeches students will present in SC 105 as well as the basic requirements for those speeches, including quality & quantity of research, oral style, and types of outlines students will need to construct and use.

This link connects you to an explanation of why students compose their speeches in outline form, and it also provides assistance with outlining.

This link transports you to the Speaker Showcase site. Every semester one or two student speakers who took SC 105 the previous semester do an encore presentation for students newly enrolled in the course. Doing so allows the new students to get a better feel for what an effective speech looks like and sounds like. The speech outlines are posted for you to study/consult. Be sure to check out the archives!

This link takes you to the web site that supports the textbook. You'll
find all sorts of helpful information and exercises that will help you
do well in the course.

This link connects you to the SC 105 Library Exercise form.
You'll need to print it out, plus complete the first item prior to
visiting Kent Library's Little Theatre Instructional Lab--located
just off the main lobby on the first level. The lab is the first room
on the right, down the hallway.

After clicking on the link, click on "open" in the dialogue box that
appears. The two-page form is in a Word file that you can print.

              Library Exercise

This link transports you to the SC 105 Research Guide, which we
custom built to assist your research for your speeches.

 

This link takes you to a library subscription database that can help you discover a viable topic for your researched speeches. After clicking on the following link, click on Facts.com and then the tab:  Issues and Controversies. You'll find an alphabetical listing of numerous, provocative topics.

              An inventory of topics

 

This link takes you to a blog for instructors using our text

              Public Speaking and Civic Engagement: Blog

This link takes you to our debate team's web pages

              Southeast Debate

An apt quotation can spice up your speech or serve as an excellent introduction or conclusion. Here are three sources for quotations including the classic Bartlett's. A bonus with The Quotations Page is the section on  "Today in History".

Want to learn more about the field of speech communication? These links allow you to check out three of the academic associations in the field. These sites also allow you to connect to speech communication departments around the world.

Looking for a famous speech from American History? These archives  will help you find one.

Newspapers are excellent sources of current information and editorial opinion. These links will take you to the New York Times (the paper of record in the United States), the St. Louis Post Dispatch, and Cape Girardeau's Local newspaper, the Southeast Missourian. To find other newspapers on the web, check at the Internet Public Library link.

While writing speeches is different than writing speeches, this link from Purdue University can help you if you're having problems with grammar, punctuation, or organization. It even has a special section for non-native speakers of English.

Rhetoric is the oldest academic discipline known to humankind. If you're interested in its centuries-old history and how it has been defined/described, check out this link.

Here are several libraries worth consulting. In addition to our own library, there's the White House Library, The Library of Congress, and the Internet Public Library which can connect you to other libraries and newspapers around the world on the Web.

This site, maintained by Humboldt State University, is a gold mine of information, including links to famous speeches, a compendium of statistics, and Roget's thesaurus.

Aristotle's Rhetoric was the first systematic treatise on the subject and is still surprisingly relevant today. Use this link to check out what the great philosopher had to say about credibility, audience analysis, style, and many other aspects of rhetorical communication.