1. DELIVERY! It’s not just what you say, but how you say it

2. ANCIENT WORLD  Speeches delivered in small spaces with no electronic gadgetry to project the voice  Literate scribes did most of the writing, which means that most written texts we have today from the ancient world were composed and delivered orally  Punctuation was developed to help young men read texts well in public  Reading silently was virtually unknown

3. HYPOKRISIS  Where we get the word hypocrite from  Later came to mean “actor”  Thinking about how to deliver a speech or written text makes us think of performing/acting for a particular purpose

4. DELIVERY UNDERSTATED YET EMOTIONAL  Glory is a film about the first Black military regiment during the Civil War to see combat. Most of the men were killed in a fateful battle on the coast.  Three speeches here. What can we say about delivery and effectiveness?  http://www.americanrhetoric.co m/MovieSpeeches/moviespeech glory4.html http://www.americanrhetoric.co m/MovieSpeeches/moviespeech glory4.html

5. DELIVERY FROM SUBSERVIENT TO DOMINATE  A Man for All Seasons  The great Paul Scoffield plays Thomas Moore who refused to give verbal assent to the remarriage of Henry 8 to Anne Bolyn.  He kept his peace until his condemnation……  http://www.bing.com/videos/sea rch?q=trial%20(3)%20man%20fo r%20all%20seasons&qs=n&form =QBVR&pq=trial%20(3)%20ma n%20for%20all%20seasons&sc= http://www.bing.com/videos/sea rch?q=trial%20(3)%20man%20fo r%20all%20seasons&qs=n&form =QBVR&pq=trial%20(3)%20ma n%20for%20all%20seasons&sc  8-19&sp=- 1&sk=#view=detail&mid=C40B FD460A7266D4384AC40BFD4 60A7266D4384A

6. DELIVERY USING THE SETTING IN DELIVERY  Amistad  John Quincy Adams, son of John Adams, makes the closing arguments for the release of Cinque and the rest of the Africans who had staged a revolt on board the Amistad….all they wanted was their freedom and to return home to Africa.  http://www.americanrhetoric.co m/MovieSpeeches/moviespeech amistadjqadams.html http://www.americanrhetoric.co m/MovieSpeeches/moviespeech amistadjqadams.html

7. DELIVERY WHEN ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS  Streetcar Named Desire  The great Marlon Brando delivers with his body an entire speech that gets remarkable results.  He has just had a horrible fight with Stella. She leaves him and goes upstairs to the neighbor’s.  http://www.americanrhetoric.co m/MovieSpeeches/moviespeech astreetcarnameddesire.html http://www.americanrhetoric.co m/MovieSpeeches/moviespeech astreetcarnameddesire.html

8. DELIVERY QUIET, STILL, AND POWERFUL  The Great Debaters  Here the debate team from little Wiley College in Texas debates the hot shots from Harvard.  http://www.americanrhetoric.co m/MovieSpeeches/moviespeech thegreatdebaterswileycollegevsh arvarduniversity.html http://www.americanrhetoric.co m/MovieSpeeches/moviespeech thegreatdebaterswileycollegevsh arvarduniversity.html