speech writing Tag

29 May 2009

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Winston Churchill was a brilliant writer and one of the greatest orators in living memory, despite suffering from a slight lisp, an occasional stutter and a dread of speaking in public. His understanding of classical rhetorical techniques made his war-time speeches memorable, emotional and truly inspiring. Here are some of the techniques he used.   Anaphora: Repetition of words and phrases. We shall fight...

21 Oct 2008

Posted at 17:50h in Business writing by
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Anyone who knows me, will know how much I love a great speech.  None more so than Lincoln's Gettysburg address. (And yes, I really do own a copy of Lincoln's speeches; it sits on my bookshelf next to Bart Simpson's Guide To Life.) On November 19th 1863, at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Edward Barrett gave a...