HELP SITES for Speech Class
Use the following sites for help in research, finding a topic, organizing the speech, and much more.
How-To
Recipe for Self-Introduction Speech (http://www.colin.edu/flynn/Self-Intro_Zarefsky.htm)
From the Zarefsky text, a complete description and instructions for creating a
self-introduction speech.
Strategies
for Success - Zarefsky Website (http://www.abacon.com/zarefsky/)
Online Study Guide with multiple-choice, true/false, and essay questions. Also,
sample speeches and journal entries from students featured in the textbook.
Also, updates for websites for the "Using the Internet" section of the
text.
Public
Speaking Website (http://www.abacon.com/pubspeak/)
Contains five modules in conjunction with the textbook which will assist you in
the process and preparation of speeches.
Quick
Guide to the Internet (http://www.abacon.com/internetguides/spcomm/index.html)
Weblinks for speech communication resources, Internet activities, and glossary
for Internet terms.
Guide
to Grammar (http://webster.commnet.edu/hp/pages/darling/grammar/consistency.htm)
Quick resource for grammar.
Dictionary
(http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/diction.html)
Online dictionary.
Thesaurus
(http://www.thesaurus.com)
Online Thesaurus.
Internet
Research (http://www.slu.edu/departments/english/research)
How to's for research on the Internet.
Public
Library (http://www.ipl.org)
Public Library on the Internet
Subject
Websites (http://www.cc.cc.ca.us/library/website2.htm)
Historical, Consumer, Legal, Educational, Artistic, Literary, Scientific,
Medical and Technical internet websites are directly linked through Cerro Coso
Community College Library's web page.
Encyclopedias
(http://go.grolier.com/uni.html)
Encyclopedia Americana and Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia.
Citing
print and electronic sources (http://www.mla.org/set_stl.htm)
When you reach the site, scroll down and click on "Documenting Sources on
the WorldWide Web." This link will tell you how to cite sources from the
Internet for bibliographies in the informative and persuasive speeches. Scroll
down further and you will see the proper method to enter bibliographical
information for books, magazines, newspapers, etc.
How
to cite sites!
(http://www.elizabeth-seton.pvt.k12.md.us/styles.htm#www)
Look here for info on citing sources found on the Internet.
Credibility
of Internet sites (http://www.albany.edu/library/internet/evaluate.html)
Make sure your information is reliable and credible.
Listen
to Speeches (http://www.historychannel.com/speeches/index.html)
At various times during the semester you will be instructed to use this History
Channel link to listen to a particular speech.