Introduction - COM-111 Presentational Communication - Lynn Library Research Guides at Lynn University

Quotes

"According to most studies, people's Number One Fear is Public Speaking. Number Two Fear is death. Death is Number Two!!! Now, this means, to the average person, if you have to go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy!!" - Jerry Seinfeld Read, Nicholas. "On paper or on TV, it's the same old thing. " Rev. of: Sein Language. The Vancouver Sun 9 Oct. 1993, ProQuest Newsstand, ProQuest. Web. 1 Oct. 2010.

"Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things." -Ben Johnson "Speech." Bloomsbury Thematic Dictionary of Quotations. London: Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd, 1997. Credo Reference. Web. 01 October 2010.

"Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving evidence of the fact." -George Eliot Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations.” Bartleby.com, 2010. Web. 1 Oct. 2010.

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Objectives

Students will be introduced to the sources for current events and speeches.

Students will learn to use the online Library Catalog to find books and ebooks.

Students will be able to locate newpapers, magazine and journals.

Students will learn searching techniques for use with Lexis-Nexis Academic Search and Gale's Opposing Viewpoints in Context.

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Possible Topics

Have you given any thought to your informative and/or persuasive speech? What topic(s) are you considering focusing on? What position will you try to persuade your audience to adopt?

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