commemorate

(verb)

To honor the memory of someone or something with a ceremony.

Related Terms

  • dedication
  • eulogy

Examples of commemorate in the following topics:

  • Commemorative Speeches: Dedications and Eulogies

    • Dedications and eulogies are two types of commemorative speeches that memorialize people and/or events.
    • Commemorative speeches are those that celebrate and honor the memory of someone or something.
    • In England, the English commemorate their fallen heroes by wearing poppies on Remembrance Day.
    • The dedication is a very specific type of commemorative speech.
    • Where a dedication may commemorate an event, an eulogy commemorates a specific deceased person.
  • Patterns of Organization: Informative, Persuasive, and Commemorative

    • The three main categories of speech are: informative, persuasive, and commemorative.
    • Perhaps you are commemorating an event?
    • A commemorative speech should honor, celebrate, or remember its subject.
    • While informative speeches explain, educate and describe; persuasive speeches raise the stakes by using information to influence the audience; commemorative speeches assume a shared emotional connection to the subject.
    • Three survivors of the Titanic, including Eva Hart, signed this postcard commemorating the tragedy.
  • Choosing the Main Points

    • Most speeches aim to do one of three things: to inform, to persuade, or to commemorate.
    • A commemorative speech usually compiles stories and wisdom that will help the audience honor, remember, or celebrate something.
    • Remember the broad purpose of your speech--to inform, to persuade, or to commemorate--as you choose your main points.
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