Anatomy of a commencement speech
The best graduation speeches follow a surprisingly similar pattern
We combed through dozens of inspirational, funny, and memorable commencement speeches and found the best ones follow a surprisingly similar pattern comprising eight distinct parts. Listen to the anatomy of the graduation address above and click on the links below to watch any of the speeches in full.
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