Below are some of the most interesting and helpful sites for speech communication. They include audio excepts of speeches, full texts from famous speeches, reference materials, and much more. Enjoy!
A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices
http://www.virtualsalt.com/rhetoric.htm
Intercultural Communication
http://flightline.highline.ctc.edu/reference/Pathfinders/interculcom.html
Cross-cultural Business Communication
http://flightline.highline.ctc.edu/reference/Pathfinders/CrsCultBusCom.html
History and Politics Out Loud (audio recordings of famous speeches/
speakers)
www.hpol.org
The History Channel
www.historychannel.com/speeches/index.html
Speech and Transcript Center -- George Washington University
http://gwis2.circ.gwu.edu/~gprice/speech.htm
Gifts of Speech -- Women's Speeches from Around the World
http://gos.sbc.edu/
Capital Reader
http://capitalreader.com/
FedStats -- Statistics from over 100 US agencies
www.fedstats.gov
U.S. Government Census Bureau (USCB)
www.census.gov
Biographical Dictionary
http://www.s9.com/biography/
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
http://www.bartleby.com/99/
Vocabulary of Alliteration
http://www.xs4all.nl/~in/Poet/VocAll.htm
The Phrase Finder
http://www.shu.ac.uk/web-admin/phrases/
Lots of fun stuff to know
www.soyouwanna.com
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