So you’ve been asked to speak publicly. Feel free to sweat profusely, rifle through some $10 vocab words, pick out what you’ll wear, sweat some more. But first: Ask how much time you have to speak.

Adding to the ongoing reconsideration of nineteenth-century oratorical theory, this essay recovers an influential evangelical theory and method of extemporaneous delivery that contributed to the rise ...

Flathead High School juniors Scout McMahon, left, and Leah Spangler review their extemporaneous speech structures during a break in the state Class AA Speech Tournament on Friday, Jan. 29. (Casey ...