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20: Speaking to Entertain

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The Nature of Entertainment

comedian Hasan Minhaj doing a stand up comedy routine

slfckgc – Hasan Minhaj at Stand Up for Heroes – CC BY 2.0.

Often the speaking opportunities life brings our way have nothing to do specifically with informing or persuading an audience; instead, we are asked to speak to entertain. Whether you are standing up to give an award speech or a toast, knowing how to deliver speeches in a variety of different contexts is the nature of entertaining speaking. In this chapter, we are going to explore what entertaining speeches are; we will also examine two specific types of entertaining speeches: special-occasion speeches and keynote speeches.


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