I am a student of public speaking. I have been looking at what a book we used in a Dale Carnegie class many years ago said about making introductions. It said, “Perhaps you have observed that a ...

A key function of any introduction is to present your argument in such a way that your audience can enter the conversation and properly engage with your paper. Key questions to think about as you ...

Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent. – Dionysius of Halicarnassus Students of persuasive speech learn a skill, a craft, and an art. Contents come and go; speaking effectively is an ...