Speech & Theater
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6 Tips to Calm Your Nerves Before Speaking AllSides - AllSides.com expose people to information and ideas from all sides of the political spectrum so they can better understand the world — and each other. Are You Making These Common Communication Mistakes? Biography.com - a respected site from the producers of Biography on the A&E network, try it for information about famous people from all time periods. Citation Machine - A website that allows you to input the information for a book and its author and receive formatted citations in MLA, APA, Turabian, or Chicago formats. EasyBib - A website that allows you to input the information for a book and its author and receive formatted citations in MLA, APA, or Chicago formats. Forbes.com: How To Give A Great Speech Garr Reynolds.com: Presentation: Top Ten Delivery Tips Garr Reynolds.com: Presentations: Organization & Preparation Tips Garr Reynolds.com: Presentations: Top Ten Slide Tips Harvard Writing Center How to End a Speech How to Introduce Yourself to a Group or a Class lifehacker: Public speaking do's and don't's MS Word Citation Function - As an ECCC student, you have access to all the features of MS Word, including an in-text citation tool and reference page creator. PBS: Point of View - Documentaries and other resources that explore various topics, ranging from environment and entertainment to gender and immigration. Pew Research Center- Topics Index - Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research. Presentations Tips Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) - This site offers over 200 free resources to assist in paper writing. ALA and MLA and style guides beginning with 7th grade and continuing with professional writers. Reality and Solution of College Plagiarism Infographic - Infographic created by University of Illinois at Chicago showing why students plagiarize and how to prevent plagiarism. RefME - The free tool to create citations, reference lists and bibliographies in any format. Generate citations in seconds using your phone’s camera. All your projects and citations are synced across your devices. RefME WebClipper is the fastest way to cite web pages, articles, videos and books online. The Chrome extension lets you add notes and save your citations whilst you browse the web. University of Pittsburg's Oral Communication Lab Resource page - site has links to sites for setting up different types of speeches and knowing audiences, as well as links for writing and delivering speeches. |
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5 Basic Public Speaking Tips from Toastmasters International Finding Speech Topics from Toastmasters International Films on Demand - Drama & Theater Films on Demand - Speech & Communication TED Videos on Presentation TED Videos on Speech TED videos on Theater Resources for Research
Biography Reference Bank Biography Reference Center EBSCOHost Databases Humanities Source International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance Points of View Reference Center Issues and Controversies SIRS Researcher ProCon.org Guides & Handouts
Comma Handout Developing Strong Thesis Statements Independent/Dependent Clause Handout Rhetorical Analysis Toolkit Templates for Responding to Arguments - Click here to find a list of signal phrases that you may use to respond to an argument posed by a critic or scholar. Transition Chart |