CM 1341 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Walter J. Ong, Gettysburg Address, Nonviolent Resistance

• School: St. Mary's University
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: CM 1341
• Professor: Amanda Stacy Hill, Ph. D.

Document Summary

Principles of public speaking notes- chapter 1: speech and higher. Reasons for taking a speech class in college. A speech classroom is safe for you to experiment with new skills. Opportunity to practice your critical listening skills as well. Learn from the speeches of your classmates. The study of eloquent expressions of the human spirit. Pericles"s funeral oration in 427 bce over the dead of the peloponnesian. Sojourner truth"s identification of black women"s problems with those of white women in ain"t i a woman? . Mahatma gandhi"s message of nonviolent resistance in india. Martin luther king jr. "s i have a dream speech at the washington. There is something essentially, engagingly, powerfully human about speaking publicly to others. Walter ong has identified a series of characteristics of orality. Speech integrates members of a society by identifying the values people share. Assembles groups who come together for a common purpose.