Preface | p. xvi |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Introduction to Public Speaking | p. 7 |
Why Study Public Speaking? | p. 7 |
Public Speaking and Conversation | p. 8 |
Quick Check: Components of Effective Public Speaking | p. 10 |
The Communication Process | p. 11 |
Quick Check: Understand the Communication Process | p. 14 |
The Rich Heritage of Public Speaking | p. 14 |
Quick Check: The Rich Heritage of Public Speaking | p. 16 |
Public Speaking and Diversity | p. 16 |
A Question of Ethics | p. 18 |
Speaking with Confidence | p. 19 |
Understand Your Nervousness | p. 19 |
Build Your Confidence | p. 22 |
How to: Channel Your Energy | p. 25 |
Quick Check: Build Your Confidence | p. 27 |
A Question of Ethics | p. 28 |
The Audience-Centered Speechmaking Process | p. 29 |
An Audience-Centered Speechmaking Model | p. 29 |
Consider Your Audience | p. 31 |
Select and Narrow Your Topic | p. 31 |
Determine Your Purpose | p. 33 |
Develop Your Central Idea | p. 34 |
Generate the Main Ideas | p. 34 |
Gather Verbal and Visual Supporting Material | p. 35 |
Organize Your Speech | p. 37 |
Rehearse Your Speech | p. 41 |
Deliver Your Speech | p. 42 |
How to: Prepare for a Speech | p. 42 |
A Question of Ethics | p. 43 |
Sample Speech: Our Immigration Story | p. 44 |
Ethics and Free Speech | p. 47 |
Ethics | p. 47 |
Free Speech | p. 47 |
Speaking Freely | p. 48 |
Quick Check: History of Free Speech in the United States | p. 50 |
Speaking Ethically | p. 50 |
How to: Incorporate an Oral Citation into Your Speech | p. 55 |
Quick Check: The Ethical Public Speaker... | p. 56 |
Listening Ethically | p. 56 |
Quick Check: The Ethical Listener... | p. 58 |
A Question of Ethics | p. 58 |
Analyzing an Audience | p. 59 |
Listening to Speeches | p. 63 |
Barriers to Effective Listening | p. 64 |
How to: Prevent Information Overload | p. 65 |
How to: Minimize Outside Distractions | p. 66 |
How to: Counteract Prejudice | p. 67 |
How to: Overcome Receiver Apprehension | p. 68 |
Becoming a Better Listener | p. 69 |
Quick Check: Enhance Your Listening Skills | p. 74 |
Improving Your Note-Taking Skills | p. 75 |
Listening and Critical Thinking | p. 77 |
Analyzing and Evaluating Speeches | p. 79 |
A Question of Ethics | p. 87 |
Analyzing Your Audience | p. 89 |
Becoming an Audience-Centered Speaker | p. 89 |
How to: Become an Audience-Centered Speaker | p. 91 |
Gathering Information About Your Audience | p. 91 |
Analyzing Your Audience Before You Speak | p. 96 |
Quick Check: Describing Cultural Differences | p. 100 |
How to: Use Diverse Strategies | p. 104 |
Quick Check: Adapting to Diverse Listeners | p. 105 |
Quick Check: Adapting Your Message to Different Types of Audiences | p. 107 |
Adapting to Your Audience as You Speak | p. 111 |
Quick Check: Analyzing and Adapting to Your Audience as You Speak | p. 114 |
Analyzing Your Audience After You Speak | p. 116 |
A Question of Ethics | p. 118 |
Preparing a Speech | p. 119 |
Developing Your Speech | p. 127 |
Select and Narrow Your Topic | p. 128 |
How to: Brainstorm for a Topic | p. 132 |
Quick Check: Selecting a Topic | p. 133 |
Determine Your Purpose | p. 134 |
Quick Check: General Purposes for Speeches | p. 136 |
Quick Check: Specific Purposes for Speeches | p. 138 |
Develop Your Central Idea | p. 138 |
Quick Check: Purpose Statement Versus Central Idea | p. 140 |
Generate and Preview Your Main Ideas | p. 141 |
Meanwhile, Back at the Computer... | p. 143 |
A Question of Ethics | p. 145 |
Gathering Supporting Material | p. 147 |
Personal Knowledge and Experience | p. 147 |
The Internet | p. 148 |
How to: Do an Advanced Search | p. 150 |
Library Resources | p. 152 |
Quick Check: Supporting Materials in the Library | p. 159 |
Interviews | p. 159 |
Resources from Special-Interest Groups and Organizations | p. 162 |
Research Strategies | p. 163 |
How to: Document an Electronic Resource in MLA Format | p. 164 |
Quick Check: Research Strategies | p. 169 |
A Question of Ethics | p. 170 |
Supporting Your Speech | p. 171 |
Illustrations | p. 171 |
Quick Check: Choose the Right Illustrations | p. 174 |
Descriptions and Explanations | p. 175 |
Definitions | p. 176 |
Analogies | p. 178 |
Statistics | p. 180 |
Quick Check: Select Effective Statistics | p. 183 |
Opinions | p. 184 |
Quick Check: Types of Supporting Material | p. 187 |
Selecting the Best Supporting Material | p. 187 |
How to: Decide Which Is Your Best Supporting Material | p. 188 |
A Question of Ethics | p. 189 |
Crafting a Speech | p. 191 |
Organizing Your Speech | p. 199 |
Organizing Your Main Ideas | p. 200 |
Quick Check: Organize Main Ideas | p. 208 |
Subdividing Your Main Ideas | p. 208 |
Integrating Your Supporting Material | p. 209 |
Quick Check: Integrate Supporting Material | p. 210 |
Organizing Your Supporting Material | p. 210 |
Quick Check: Organizing Your Supporting Material | p. 213 |
Developing Signposts | p. 213 |
Quick Check: Verbal Transitions | p. 214 |
Quick Check: Type of Signposts | p. 217 |
Supplementing Signposts with Presentation Aids | p. 217 |
A Question of Ethics | p. 219 |
Introducing Your Speech | p. 221 |
Purposes of Introductions | p. 221 |
Quick Check: Does Your Introduction Accomplish Its Purpose? | p. 225 |
Effective Introductions | p. 225 |
How to: Develop an Effective Introduction | p. 232 |
A Question of Ethics | p. 233 |
Concluding Your Speech | p. 235 |
Purposes of Conclusions | p. 235 |
Quick Check: Purposes of Your Speech Conclusion | p. 237 |
Effective Conclusions | p. 238 |
How to: Develop an Effective Conclusion | p. 240 |
A Question of Ethics | p. 241 |
Outlining and Editing Your Speech | p. 243 |
Developing a Preparation Outline | p. 244 |
Quick Check: Summary of Correct Outline Form | p. 347 |
Editing Your Speech | p. 252 |
How to: Avoid Long Phrases | p. 253 |
Developing Your Delivery Outline and Speaking Notes | p. 254 |
A Question of Ethics | p. 260 |
Using Words Well: Speaker Language and Style | p. 261 |
Oral Versus Written Language Style | p. 262 |
Quick Check: Oral Versus Written Style | p. 263 |
Using Words Effectively | p. 264 |
Adapting Your Language Style to Diverse Listeners | p. 266 |
Crafting Memorable Word Structures | p. 269 |
Quick Check: Crafting Memorable Word Structure | p. 273 |
Tips for Using Language Effectively | p. 274 |
How to: Create Figurative Images Drama, and Cadence | p. 275 |
A Question of Ethics | p. 276 |
Delivering Your Speech | p. 277 |
Delivering Your Speech | p. 283 |
The Power of Speech Delivery | p. 284 |
Methods of Delivery | p. 286 |
Quick Check: Impromptu | p. 289 |
Quick Check: Methods of Delivery | p. 286 |
Characteristics of Effective Delivery | p. 290 |
Quick Check: Benefits of Eye Contact | p. 291 |
Quick Check: Effective Gestures | p. 294 |
Quick Check: Characteristics of Good Vocal Delivery | p. 303 |
Audience Diversity and Delivery | p. 304 |
Rehearsing Your Speech: Some Final Tips | p. 305 |
How to: Make the Most of Your Rehearsal Time | p. 306 |
Delivering Your Speech | p. 307 |
Adapting Your Speech Delivery for Television | p. 309 |
Responding to Questions | p. 311 |
A Question of Ethics | p. 314 |
Presentation Aids | p. 315 |
Designing and Using Presentation Aids | p. 321 |
The Value of Presentation Aids | p. 321 |
Quick Check: The Value of Presentation Aids | p. 323 |
Types of Presentation Aids | p. 323 |
How to: Use an Overhead Projector | p. 331 |
Guidelines for Developing Presentation Aids | p. 333 |
How to: Select the Right Presentation Aids | p. 339 |
Guidelines for Using Presentation Aids | p. 339 |
How to: Use Presentation Aids Effectively | p. 343 |
A Question of Ethics | p. 345 |
Using Presentation Software | p. 347 |
Presentation Software | p. 347 |
Using Presentation Software | p. 348 |
How to: Develop Effective Visuals | p. 350 |
Preparing a Presentation with PowerPoint | p. 350 |
Quick Check: Be Prepared | p. 354 |
A Question of Ethics | p. 356 |
Types of Speeches | p. 357 |
Speaking to Inform | p. 365 |
Goals of Informative Speaking | p. 366 |
Quick Check: Goals of Informative Speeches | p. 367 |
Types of Informative Speeches | p. 367 |
Quick Check: Types of Informative Speeches | p. 372 |
Strategies to Enhance Audience Understanding | p. 373 |
How to: Enhance Message Clarity | p. 374 |
How to: Enhance Audience Understanding | p. 377 |
Strategies to Maintain Audience Interest | p. 377 |
Quick Check: What Makes a Good Story? | p. 379 |
Strategies to Enhance Audience Recall | p. 379 |
Quick Check: Enhance Audience Recall | p. 381 |
A Question of Ethics | p. 382 |
Sample Information Speech: Choosing a Speech Topic by Roger Fringer | p. 383 |
Understanding Principles of Persuasive Speaking | p. 385 |
Persuasion Defined | p. 385 |
How Persuasion Works | p. 387 |
How to Motivate Listeners | p. 388 |
Quick Check: Using Fear Appeals to Persuade | p. 394 |
How to Develop Your Persuasive Speech | p. 395 |
Quick Check: Persuasive Propositions: Developing Your Central Idea | p. 401 |
Putting Persuasive Principles into Practice | p. 401 |
A Question of Ethics | p. 403 |
Using Persuasive Strategies | p. 405 |
Establishing Credibility | p. 405 |
Enhancing Your Credibility | p. 407 |
Using Logic and Evidence to Persuade | p. 408 |
How to: Judge the Validity of a Generalization | p. 409 |
How to: Test the Truth of an Argument | p. 411 |
Quick Check: Comparing Inductive, Deductive, and Causal Reasoning | p. 412 |
Using Emotion to Persuade | p. 419 |
How to: Use Emotion to Persuade | p. 423 |
Strategies for Adapting Ideas to People and People to Ideas | p. 423 |
Strategies for Organizing Persuasive Messages | p. 427 |
Quick Check: Organizational Patterns for Persuasive Messages | p. 433 |
A Question of Ethics | p. 436 |
Sample Persuasive Speech: Medical Mayhem | p. 436 |
Special-Occasion Speaking | p. 441 |
Public Speaking in the Workplace | p. 441 |
Ceremonial Speaking | p. 443 |
Quick Check: Introduce a Speaker | p. 444 |
How to: Give an Acceptance Speech | p. 448 |
How to: Deliver a Eulogy | p. 450 |
After-Dinner Speaking: Using Humor Effectively | p. 451 |
Quick Check: Strategies for Achieving Humor in After-Dinner Speeches | p. 453 |
A Question of Ethics | p. 454 |
Appendices | p. 455 |
Speaking in Small Groups | p. 459 |
Small Group Communication | p. 459 |
Solving Problems in Groups and Teams | p. 460 |
Participating in Small Groups | p. 463 |
Leading Small Groups | p. 464 |
Managing Meetings | p. 466 |
Planning a Group Presentation | p. 467 |
Making a Group Presentation | p. 468 |
A Question of Ethics | p. 470 |
The Classical Tradition of Rhetoric | p. 471 |
The Earliest Teachers of Rhetoric | p. 471 |
Beginning of the Greek Tradition: The Sophists | p. 472 |
Plato | p. 473 |
Aristotle | p. 474 |
The Roman Tradition | p. 476 |
Conclusion | p. 477 |
Suggested Speech Topics | p. 479 |
Informative Speech Topics | p. 479 |
Persuasive Speech Topics | p. 481 |
Speeches for Analysis and Discussion | p. 483 |
I Have a Dream | p. 483 |
Making Democracy Work: Your Responsibility to Society | p. 486 |
Van Gogh's Incredible Life | p. 488 |
The Electoral College | p. 491 |
The Dirty Secret | p. 493 |
Binge Drinking on College Campuses | p. 496 |
Curtailing the Contemporary College Counseling Crisis | p. 498 |
Notes | p. 501 |
Glossary | p. 517 |
Index | p. 525 |
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