commencement speech
Ceremony keynote talk
A commencement speech is an address delivered at a graduation ceremony, typically by a guest speaker chosen for accomplishment or prominence.
These speeches conventionally offer advice and encouragement to graduates entering the next phase of life: Steve Jobs gave a famous commencement speech at Stanford in 2005.
The genre invites inspiration, humor, and life lessons.
- graduationCompleting academic requirements formally
- anecdoteBrief account of incident
- successFavorable outcome attained
- ethosCollective moral character
- pathosPity-evoking quality
words of wisdom · alumni · valedictorian · alma mater · metaphor · perseverance · procession · podium · parents · repetition · salutatorian · class of · storytelling · resilience · follow your dreams · dream big · legacy · real world
- communicationsannouncement, telephone, address, phone, key messages
- college lifefreshman, freshman year, sophomore, junior, classes
- public speakingpublic speaking, keynotes, oratory, oration, presentation
- ceremonial speecheseulogy, inaugural address, farewell address, wedding toast, keynote address
- graduationcap and gown, diploma frame, graduation ceremony, graduate, valedictorian
- lectureslecture hall, lecturer, TED Talks, lectern, podium
commencement speecheulogy
Tribute for the dead
funeral oration · memorial address · farewell speech · retirement speech · valedictory
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