Forensic Resources

American Rhetoric
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speechesall.html

History Place Great speeches collection
http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/previous.htm

The Guardian great speeches
https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/series/greatspeeches

Real Clear Sports - Sports speeches
http://www.realclearsports.com/lists/top_10_sports_speeches/

12 Best Commencement Speeches
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2014/05/11/cnbc-12-best-commencement-speeches-of-all-time/8941633/

Middle School Debate.comhttp://www.middleschooldebate.com/ is a GIANT source of guidelines, topics, research

• links, ballots, curriculum guides, and so much more!!

https://sites.google.com/site/titanforensics/middle-school-speech-debate-resources



Some common search terms: • political speeches/address • commencement speeches/address • historical speeches/address • social movement speeches/address • moving speeches

Samples of Past DEC Titles • “Commencement Address to Tulane University” by Ellen DeGeneres • “I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King Jr. • “Farewell to Baseball” by Louis Gehring • “Adopting the Declaration of Human Rights” by Eleanor Roosevelt • “Commencement Address to University of Michigan” by Dick Costolo • “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July” by Frederick Douglass • “Quit India” by Mahatma Gandhi • “Give me Liberty or Give me Death” by Patrick Henry • “The Gettysburg Address” by Abraham Lincoln • “Commencement Address to University of Virginia” by Stephen Colbert


SPEECH

This online textbook has all you need to know about writing speeches!
http://www.publicspeakingproject.org/psvirtualtext.html

http://www.speech-topics-help.com/oratory-speech-topics.html

http://www.squidoo.com/original-oratory-everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know

http://www.speech-topics-help.com/index.html

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INTERP OR ACTING PIECES

Here is a list of websites that others have found useful for finding pieces. Some of them are free and others require you to pay for their services. Let me know if you find new sites to add!

www.4n6fanatics.com

www.playscripts.com

www.poetryfoundation.org

www.poetry.com

www.poets.org

www.samuelfrench.com

www.dramatists.com

www.dramaticpublishing.com

www.brookpub.com

www.newspages.com

http://findaplay.com

www.poetryoutloud.org

http://www.forensicscommunity.com/home

http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/ethos-pathos-logos/

http://www.forensicscommunity.com/humorousinterpretation/humorous-interpretation-pieces

http://schooltheatre.org/Home/

http://www.doollee.com

http://www.playdatabase.com/

http://www.squidoo.com/humorous-interpretation-everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know#module148313546

http://www.forensicscommunity.com/dramaticinterpretation

http://www.creativeideas.com/

http://www.jddramapublishing.com/

http://www.dramaticpublishing.com/

http://www.greenroomscripts.com/

http://www.ednameans.com/

http://www.hitplays.com/?gclid=CIy-rK2C94gCFQgZUAodrRR20g

http://www.dramatree.com/order.html

http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/index.htm

http://www.histage.com/

http://www.theatrehistory.com/plays/10minute.html

http://www.applays.com/

http://www.dramabookshop.com/

http://www.playsmagazine.com/

http://www.ieclark.com/

http://oberonbooks.com/

http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Full_Length_Play_Scripts.htm

https://www.theatrefolk.com/

http://proplay.ws/

http://www.eoneill.com/

http://www.pioneerdrama.com/

http://www.simplyscripts.com/

https://www.contemporarydrama.com/Default.aspx

http://www.stageplays.com/?gclid=COX5xKWDw6kCFcQX2godERKWtQ

http://www.classicreader.com/

http://www.spdbooks.org/

http://www.readprint.com/

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/

http://www.americanliterature.com/

http://www.forensicscommunity.com/poetry/poetry-pieces

http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/

http://www.emule.com/poetry/

http://people.virginia.edu/~jbh/poetry.html

http://www.2river.org

http://www.theadirondackreview.com

http://www.americanpopularculture.com/review_americana.htm

http://www.applevalleyreview.com

http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/xconnect

http://www.contemporaryworldliterature.com

http://www.freedrama.net

http://thefiddleback.com

http://frontporchjournal.com/index.asp

http://www.frostwriting.com

http://www.medcelt.org/feile-festa

http://www.mushroomcloudpress.com

http://www.oscarwildecollection.com

http://ozoneparkjournal.org

http://www.poetryfoundation.org

http://www.splashofred.net

http://terrain.org

http://tclj.toasted-cheese.com

http://www.triquarterly.org



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