The informative speech isn’t a type of speech at all, it is a mode of speaking or a way of accomplishing the tasks set forth by the three classic genres–argue for a policy, espouse a value, or render judgment on an unknown question of fact–by going through a second object or what we often call… Read More Informative Speaking: The Public Speaking Misfit
I came across an article from Geoff Edgers of The Washington Post that briefly described Chris Rock’s preparations for the much anticipated Oscars opening monologue. This post retained the title of the article: “Here’s How Chris Rock Practiced his Oscars Monologue.” As I read the article on The Washington Post site, I was able to… Read More Here’s how Chris Rock practiced his Oscars monologue – The Washington Post
The iconic Mean Girls prom speech is a rhetoric of tokenism couched as a moment of democratic redemption. Put differently, I argue that when “we are all winners,” as Lindsay Lohan’s character Cady puts it during her speech, no one is a winner, which means that the people already winning are still ahead.… Read More Redemption and Tokenism in the Mean Girls Prom Speech
