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| An Introduction to Public Speaking | |
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| Why Study Public Speaking? | |
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| Definitions of Communication | |
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| Levels of Communication | |
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| Elements of Communication | |
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| The Public Speaker as Critical Thinker | |
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| The Ethics of Public Speaking | |
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| Definition of Ethics | |
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| Principles of Ethics | |
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| Ethical Speaking | |
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| Ethical Listening | |
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| Fair Use Guidelines | |
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| Plagiarism | |
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| Speaking Confidently | |
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| Recognize That Speaker Nervousness Is Normal | |
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| Control Speaker Nervousness | |
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| Build Speaker Confidence | |
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| Prepare Your First Speech | |
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| Responding to Speeches | |
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| The Importance of Listening | |
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| Listening versus Hearing | |
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| The Process of Listening | |
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| Obstacles to Effective Listening | |
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| Promoting Better Listening | |
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| Critiquing Speeches | |
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| Acting on Criticism | |
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| Analyzing Your Audience | |
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| Recognize the Value of Audience Diversity | |
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| Analyze Your Audience before the Speech | |
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| Analyze Your Audience during the Speech | |
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| Analyze Your Audience after the Speech | |
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| Selecting Your Speech Topic | |
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| Generate Ideas | |
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| Select Your Topic | |
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| Focus Your Topic | |
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| Determine Your General Purpose | |
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| Formulate Your Specific Purpose | |
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| Word Your Thesis Statement | |
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| Develop Your Speech Title | |
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| Researching Your Topic | |
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| Assess Your Personal Knowledge | |
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| Develop Your Research Plan | |
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| Collect Your Information | |
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| Collect and Evaluate Internet Resources | |
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| Record Your Information | |
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| Conclude Your Search | |
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| Supporting Your Speech | |
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| Purposes of Supporting Materials | |
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| Types of Supporting Materials | |
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| Tests of Evidence | |
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| Citing Your Sources | |
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| Organizing the Body of Your Speech | |
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| Formulate an Organizing Question | |
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| Divide the Speech into Key Ideas | |
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| Develop the Key Ideas | |
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| Connect the Key Ideas | |
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| Introducing and Concluding Your Speech | |
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| Organize the Introduction of the Speech | |
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| Organize the Conclusion of the Speech | |
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| Outlining Your Speech | |
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| Functions of Outlining | |
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| Principles of Outlining | |
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| Stages of Outlining | |
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| Wording Your Speech | |
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| Functions of Language | |
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| Principles of Effective Language Use | |
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| Delivering Your Speech | |
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| Principles of Nonverbal Communication | |
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| Methods of Delivery | |
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| Qualities of Effective Delivery | |
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| Elements of Vocal Delivery | |
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| Elements of Physical Delivery | |
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| Using Presentational Aids | |
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| The Importance of Using Presentational Aids | |
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| Types of Presentational Aids | |
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| Projection of Visual Aids | |
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| Designing Visual Aids | |
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| Strategies for Using Presentational Aids | |
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| Speaking to Inform | |
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| Characteristics of a Speech to Inform | |
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| Informative Speech Topics | |
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| Guidelines for Speaking to Inform | |
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| Annotated Sample Speech: Renaissance Fairs: the New Vaudeville | |
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| The Strategy of Persuasion | |
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| The Importance of Persuasion | |
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| A Definition of Persuasion | |
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| Types of Influence | |
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| Types of Persuasive Speeches | |
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| Persuasive Speaking Strategies | |
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| The Structure of Persuasion | |
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| Making and Refuting Arguments | |
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| Types of Argument | |
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| Fallacies of Argument | |
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| Selecting Propositions for Persuasive Speeches | |
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| Monroe's Motivated Sequence | |
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| Annotated Sample Speech: Sustainable Giving | |
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| Speaking on Special Occasions | |
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| The Speech of Introduction | |
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| The Speech of Presentation | |
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| The Acceptance Speech | |
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| The Speech of Tribute | |
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| The Speech to Entertain | |
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| The Impromptu Speech | |
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| The Question Answer Period | |
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| Developing and Delivering Team Presentations | |
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| Preparing a Team Presentation | |
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| Brainstorm about the Topic | |
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| Do Some Exploratory Research | |
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| Discuss and Divide the Topic into Areas of Responsibility | |
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| Research Your Specific Topic Area | |
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| Draft an Outline of Your Content Area | |
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| Discuss How All the Information Interrelates | |
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| Finalize Presentation Procedures | |
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| Plan the Introduction and Conclusion of the Presentation | |
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| Prepare and Practice Your Speech | |
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| Rehearse and Revise the Presentation | |
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| Delivering a Team Presentation | |
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| Sample Speeches | |
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| Emancipation Complication: Crisis with the Foster Care System, Alicia Watson | |
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| How Old Is He Anyway? Aging the Whitetail Buck, Darla Goodrich | |
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| Steganography: Hidden Messages, Tiffanie K. Petrin | |
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| A Sign of the Times, Jared J. Johnson | |
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| The Amish: Seeking to Lose the Self, Susan Chontos | |
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| Speech of Tribute to Timothy J. Russert, Doris Kearns Goodwin | |
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| I Have a Dream, Martin Luther King, Jr | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| Name Index | |
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| Subject Index | |