Resources on Rhetorical Terms and Devices for Speech Analysis Paper

Web Guides to Rhetorical Devices

• A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices by Robert Harris
• Rhetorical Figures in Sound by Michael Eidenmuller; sound recordings of examples of rhetorical devices listed on the above site
• A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples by Ross Scaiffe
• An Illustrated Glossary of Rhetorical Terms from a course taught by Dr. Richard Nordquist
• Figures of Speech by Dr. Grant Williams
• The Forest of Rhetoric by Dr. Gideon Burton
• Linguistic Phenomena/Devices by Ken Barker; a selected list, with very clear, simple examples
• Verbal Rhetoric Worksheet (this is a Microsoft Word file; it may not be accessible off-campus)

Online Guides to Logical Fallacies and Propaganda

• Stephen Downes' Guide to Logical Fallacies
• The Propaganda Critic

Online Sources of Speeches

• Online Speech Bank, "a database of 5000+ full text, audio and video (streaming) versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, other recorded media events, and a declaration or two" from American Rhetoric, by Michael E. Eidenmuller
• Great American Speeches: 80 Years of Political Oratory Archives from PBS
• Gifts of Speech: Women's Speeches from Around the World from Sweetbriar College. Click on Browse to get a list of speeches.
• The History Place Great Speeches Collection Primarily historical speeches
• Presidential Speeches Archive from TheAmericanPresidency.Net, compiled by Rick Matlick
• Speeches from the History Channel. Contains only audio versions of speeches
• Graduation speeches from Yahoo
• A list of web pages that contain speeches collected by Luci A. Frith, Manatee Community College