Speaker's Lifetime LibraryParker Publishing Company, 1979 - 650 Seiten From the Blurb: Each of the four self-contained volumes is packed with unique "speech captivators" that will enable you to instantly seize and hold your audience's undivided attention. Here is just a small sample of the many outstanding features you get: Volume 1: provides a wealth of fascinating information-everything from quips and epigrams to scholarly citations-that will make your speeches sparkle, no matter what the topic. Organized alphabetically under more that 150 different subject headings, this volume contains several thousand quotations, definitions, anecdotes, witticisms, and epigrams that will spice up every speech. Volume 2: is a thesaurus of multiple comparisons, symbols, synonyms and antonyms for over l,000 words-words that are most frequently used by speakers. This quick and convenient guide draws upon literature, mythology and other goldmines of wisdom to supply you with graphic word pictures. Volume 3: is a complete almanac of speech lead-ins based on important anniversaries, events, holidays and other observances-surefire openers that will win over your toughest audience. Volume 4: highlights more than 50 special events-award presentations, graduation ceremonies, weddings, retirements and other noteworthy "personal" occasions, ranging alphabetically from accepting a nomination to welcoming a distinguished visitor. Each easy-to-read paragraph contains a separate speech angle that you can use independently or combine into a single speech. There is also an impressive array of ideas for speech outlines and introductions. Here, in short, is one of the biggest and best speaker's aids ever published. Put it to work for you and you'll have your audience hanging on your every word-starting now and for years to come! |
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... became national anthem , 1931 . Alexander Graham Bell born , 1847 . Introductions : " The Star Spangled Banner " was written in 1814. On this date in 1931 , 117 years later , it officially became our national anthem . Acts of ...
... became national anthem , 1931 . Alexander Graham Bell born , 1847 . Introductions : " The Star Spangled Banner " was written in 1814. On this date in 1931 , 117 years later , it officially became our national anthem . Acts of ...
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... became a territory and became sufficiently well - known to attract more people . In the 1970's it had another gold rush , this time the black gold of oil . But the key word , from the time Columbus set out to find a new route to the ...
... became a territory and became sufficiently well - known to attract more people . In the 1970's it had another gold rush , this time the black gold of oil . But the key word , from the time Columbus set out to find a new route to the ...
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... became , in his last years , a figure of considerable veneration to liberal and distinctly non - Socialist por- tions of the population , he died long before some of his ideas became incorpo- rated in the political realities of modern ...
... became , in his last years , a figure of considerable veneration to liberal and distinctly non - Socialist por- tions of the population , he died long before some of his ideas became incorpo- rated in the political realities of modern ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Speaker's Lifetime Library Leonard Spinrad,Thelma Spinrad,Jared M. Brown,Anistatia R. Miller Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 1997 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Abraham Lincoln American Anecdotage anniversary Anonymous aphorisms asked audience battle became Benjamin Franklin better birthday born called celebrate century Civil Congress Constitution course Court Definitions dream earth election fact fight Franklin D freedom George Washington give happened happy Henry Henry Wadsworth Longfellow honor hope human idea Introductions invention July Justice Kennedy kind labor land liberty Lincoln live look man's March memory mind nation never occasion Oliver Wendell Holmes opposite peace political Poor Richard's Almanac President Lyndon problems Quotations Ralph Waldo Emerson remarks remember remind Roosevelt Samuel Johnson Senator society sometimes speak speaker speech story symbols talk television tell things Thomas Thomas Jefferson tion United vote W. S. Gilbert William Shakespeare women words World War II York young
Verweise auf dieses Buch
Public Speaking Handbook for Librarians and Information Professionals Sarah R. Statz Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2010 |