Public Speaking Strategies for Success (with Interactive Companion Website)

by Zarefsky, David

• ISBN13: 9780205334438
• ISBN10: 0205334431
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-19
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

At all stages of the public speaking process, readers learn how to develop and apply strategies to speaking situations they encounter throughout their lives. David Zarefsky, one of today's leading scholars in speech communication, encourages readers to think through and about the public speaking process. Zarefsky urges readers to consider the diversity of audiences, occasions, and speakers and to choose a specific purpose, a relevant topic, and the appropriate material to make their speeches successful. This new edition focuses on providing readers with more diverse and clearer examples, updated information on technology, and useful speech-making guidelines. For those interested in enhancing their public speaking skills.

Table of Contents

To the Instructor	xiii
To the Student	xxiii
PART 1 Foundations of Public Speaking	1	(87)
Welcome to Public Speaking	1	(34)
Listening Critically	35	(26)
Analyzing Your Audience	61	(27)
PART 2 Invention and Development of the Speech	88	(96)
Choosing a Topic and Developing a Strategy	89	(28)
Researching the Topic	117	(34)
Reasoning	151	(33)
PART 3 Arrangement of the Speech	184	(74)
Organizing the Speech: The Body	185	(26)
Organizing the Speech: Introductions, Conclusions, and Transitions	211	(28)
Outlining the Speech	239	(19)
PART 4 Style and Delivery of the Speech	258	(82)
Achieving Style through Language	259	(28)
Presenting the Speech	287	(24)
Using Visual Aids	311	(29)
PART 5 Uses of Public Speaking	340	(77)
Informing	341	(18)
Persuading	359	(34)
Occasions for Public Speaking	393	(24)
Appendix A Beyond the Classroom: Speaking in the Public Forum	417	(12)
Appendix B Speeches for Analysis and Discussion	429