Public Speaking

xviii PREFACE Powerpoint presentations, and Cengage Learning Testing files, powered by Cognero®). • Instructor’s Resource Manu ...

Acknowledgments (^) xix Acknowledgments Every book is a co-created product in which an author relies on the encouragement of oth ...

xx PREFACE University at San Bernardino; Laura Nelson, University of Wisconsin–La Crosse; Jean E. Perry, Glendale Community Coll ...

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ChaPter 1 This ChapTer Will help You • Define public speaking • Define culture in the context of public speaking • Give ...

2 CHAPTER^1 Introduction to Public Speaking and Culture right to express ideas freely. By definition, public speaking occurs whe ...

Culture Affects Public Speaking (^3) Although members of a society share many commonalities, there is no single “U.S. culture”; ...

4 CHAPTER^1 Introduction to Public Speaking and Culture Beliefs are the ideas we mentally accept as true or reject as false. Att ...

Culture Affects Public Speaking (^5) The amount and types of available electronic resources allow students to take pub- lic spea ...

6 CHAPTER^1 Introduction to Public Speaking and Culture Cultures range in the amount and kinds of information they encourage mem ...

Public Speaking Affects Individuals (^7) Hundreds of thousands of women from the Third World and other traditional societies sha ...

8 CHAPTER^1 Introduction to Public Speaking and Culture Critical Thinking Skills The California State Senate defined critical th ...

A Model of Communication (^9) As you can see, most definitions associate rhetoric with some form of persuasion. Because persuasi ...

10 CHAPTER^1 Introduction to Public Speaking and Culture person’s achievements, or make your audience laugh. You craft your mess ...

Summary (^11) education. Other organizations have their ideas about public speaking, and these affect what is considered appropr ...

12 CHAPTER^1 Introduction to Public Speaking and Culture You can access your online resources for Public Speaking: Concepts and ...

Summary (^13) impressions. What does your piece say or suggest? Then probe deeper and identify the assumptions on which it relie ...

ChaPter ChaPter 2 This ChapTer Will help You • Acquire skills to over- come process anxiety • Explain the five canons of r ...

Causes of Stress (^15) Review the ChaPter Learning Objectives and Start with a quick warm-up activity. These students all identi ...