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A commencement speech or commencement address is a speech given to graduating students, generally at a university, generally in the US, although the term is also used for secondary education institutions. The "commencement" is a ceremony in which degrees or diplomas are conferred upon graduating students. A commencement speech is typically given by a notable figure in the community, during the ''commencement exercise''. The person giving such a speech is known as a commencement speaker. Very commonly, colleges or universities will invite politicians, important citizens, or other noted speakers to come and address the graduating class. A commencement speech is less bound by the structure found in other forms of public address, like eulogies or wedding speeches. The speaker accordingly enjoys a unique freedom to express him or herself. Executive speechwriter Anthony Trendl writes ==Some notable speeches== * Winston Churchill at Harrow School in 1941〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Top 10 Commencement Speeches )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The 10 Best Graduation Speeches of All Time: Winston Churchill, Former UK PM )〕 * John F. Kennedy's American University speech in 1963〔 * Richard Feynman at the California Institute of Technology in 1974 : "Cargo cult science" * Steve Jobs at Stanford University in 2005 *David Foster Wallace at Kenyon College in 2005: "This Is Water" * J. K. Rowling at Harvard University in 2008: ''The Fringe Benefits of Failure''〔(J.K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement ) (YouTube). Harvard Magazine. (Transcript )〕 * Neil Gaiman at University of the Arts in 2012 * Troian Bellisario at the University of Southern California in 2014〔 *Rainn Wilson at University of Southern California in 2014: "Why Happiness is like Cotton Candy"〔()〕 (Huffington Post) * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「commencement speech」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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