Putting "Public" Back into Speaking: A Challenge for Forensics.

Dean, Kevin W.

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ERIC Number: EJ452747

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Publication Date: 1992

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Putting "Public" Back into Speaking: A Challenge for Forensics.

Dean, Kevin W.

Argumentation and Advocacy, v28 n4 p192-99 Spr 1992

Argues that current forensics contest constraints deemphasize the role of the audience. Examines Barbara Bush's 1990 commencement address at Wellesley College as an example of rhetorical sensitivity and acute awareness of her audience. (SR)

Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Higher Education, Persuasive Discourse, Public Speaking, Speech Instruction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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