Dear Members,
As promised during our first meeting for the term, I have created the links to some of the best resources on the web on speech crafting.
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/rhetoricaldevicesinsound.htm
Complete index to and partial text and audio database of the 100 most significant American political speeches of the 20th century, according to 137 leading scholars of American public address, as compiled by Stephen E. Lucas (University of Wisconsin-Madison) and Martin J. Medhurst (Baylor University). Find out who made the cut and experience the power of rhetorical eloquence in this provocative list of "who's who" in American public address.
I urge members to visit this site and download the full text of some of the speeches and study them. Learn the techniques that great speakers use. The use of alliteration, oxymoron and metaphor among other devices.
http://stars.nhb.gov.sg/public/index.html
Some of our ministers are great public speakers -- Lee Kuan Yew, S Rajarathnam etc. So, here is the site that archives all the speeches since 1950s onwards. Some of the National Day Rally speeches by Goh Chok Tong and Lee Hsien Loong are also excellent readings. Goh Chok Tong is well known for his use of metaphors.
So this is the start of the Education Resource segment and hope we can add more useful links in the future. Enjoy.
Regards
Kheng Chuan
