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Title: Declamation Speech


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Declamation Speech
  • The re-giving of a famous speech. The
    speaker 'lives into' the original, reproducing
    its power once more.
  • Helps you learn the skills of combining eloquent
    language with equally eloquent delivery.

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What to look for when choosing a declamation
speech
  • Style of LanguageElevated, inspirational,
    elegant, poetic, masterful - the speech should be
    an example of 'beautiful' language and
    construction.
  • ThemeThe message or theme running through it
    should be worthy of its oratorical treatment, ie.
    the style of language specified above. It must be
    important and applicable beyond the time it was
    first delivered. For example, Martin Luther
    King's 'I Had a Dream' speech has carried its
    theme down the years without any loss of potency
    or relevance.
  • ImpactThe speech must have reached and grabbed
    the hearts and minds of its listeners. It will
    have persuasively challenged and changed the way
    people thought and acted, uniting and inspiring
    them toward a common goal or course of action.

Source http//www.write-out-loud.com/declamation-
speech.html
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Options
  • Famous speeches
  • Poem (can be original)
  • Monologues from plays or movie
  • Shakespeare????
  • Must be at least 3 minutes long
  • Extra credit for memorization and dressing the
    part

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Resources
  • http//www.write-out-loud.com/declamation-speech.h
    tml (scroll down)
  • http//poetryoutloud.org/
  • http//www.americanrhetoric.com/
  • http//www.famous-speeches-and-speech-topics.info/
    famous-speeches/index.htm

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Examples
  • http//www.youtube.com/watch?vOYxXPQ8nGc0feature
    related (cigarettes)
  • http//www.youtube.com/watch?vSTcDMoQ4KT0feature
    related 300 final scene
  • http//www.youtube.com/watch?vxjWfM0dDMYQfeature
    related Titans perfection
  • http//www.youtube.com/watch?vcT1jLY20tLo
    Malcolm X
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