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The Spoken Word

Review the vocabulary below then listen to these examples of "the spoken word."

Listen to Def Poetry Jam: Totally Like Whatever.

The Poetry Lounge: You Move Me.

The purpose of Historical Voices is to create an online database of spoken word collections spanning the 20th century - the first large-scale repository of its kind.

Listen to various Supreme Court oral arguments.

The President and First Lady kick off an evening of poetry, music and the spoken word at the White House on May 12, 2009: Po
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  1. enunciation
    the articulation of speech with regards to intelligibility
  2. jargon
    technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject
  3. oratory
    the act of addressing an audience formally
  4. poetry
    literature in metrical form
  5. speech
    communication by word of mouth
  6. verbal
    of or relating to or formed from words in general
  7. vocal
    music intended to be performed by one or more singers, usually with instrumental accompaniment
Created on 三月 10, 2010 (updated 九月 15, 2010)

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