Speech Writing

Catalog description

Due to time pressures, media scrutiny, and sadly under-developed rhetorical talents, powerful people in the public and private sectors need speechwriters. Because writing in the character of someone else and writing for the ear present the two biggest challenges for speechwriters, this course trains students in speech analysis and oral/aural composition. Throughout, students apply what they are learning, writing several genres of public speech in the voices of others and for various audiences and occasions. In accordance with the 'WAC' designation, students work through various drafts during structured and facilitated peer-review sessions. The majority of assessments is comprised of original, written work.