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Mini-Quiz: Presidential Speech Writers

by Ron Kurtus (3 March 2013)

Take this Mini-Quiz to check your understanding of the lesson material.

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1. What happens before the presidential speech writer starts writing?

The writer is given an assignment, along with topic and audience

The writer tells the president what he or she wants to write about

The writer is told to write a speech on whatever is interesting

2. Did presidents before Warren G. Harding have speech writers?

Previous presidents did not need speech writers

Most likely, but none had the official title

Members of Congress wrote the speech for the presidents

3. Why do some presidents only have one speech writer?

Some presidents do not want to pay for more writers

No one has been able to figure that out

Only one is listed, but there may be a staff of writers

If you got all three correct, you are on your way to becoming a Champion in Speech Writing. If you had problems, you had better look over the material again.

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Speech Writing topics

Mini-Quiz: Presidential Speech Writers

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Speech Writing topics

• Basics of Speech Writing

Preparations

• Preparations Before Writing a Speech
• -- Consider Occasion for Speech
• -- Analyze Audience
• -- Select Topic of Speech
• -- State Purpose of Speech
• ---- Persuasive Speech
• ---- Informative Speech
• ---- Entertaining Speech

Writing speech

• Developing the Speech
• -- Gather Material
• -- Outline Speech
• ---- Three Parts of a Speech
• ---- Write Introduction to Speech
• ---- Writing Body of Speech
• ---- Writing Conclusion of Speech
• -- Improve Wording

Types of speeches

• Writing a Persuasive Speech
• Writing an Informative Speech
• Writing an Entertaining Speech

Miscellaneous

• Presidential Speech Writers
• Computer Aid for Writing a Short Speech

Also see

• Speech Writing Survey Results
• Public Speaking
• Famous Speeches
• Writing Methods
• Technical Writing

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