Public Speaking

Connect Your Ideas (^121) item within the year. Some knew the term e-waste; all knew that disposal of electronics could harm the ...

122 CHAPTER^9 Organizing Your Main Points Signposts and Transitions Signposts signal the audience about what’s ahead in the spee ...

Alternative Patterns (^123) Alternative Patterns Some speakers, because of their cultural backgrounds or personal inclinations, ...

124 CHAPTER^9 Organizing Your Main Points who present a similar speech to different audiences. By visualizing the major points a ...

Summary (^125) • Web Links related to chapter content • Study and review tools such as self-quizzes and an interactive gloss ...

“YOU RARELY GET a second chance to make a positive first impression.” This cultural saying is true about speechmaking. When you ...

Plan Your Introduction (^127) Plan Your Introduction Chapter 2 points out that the Roman educator Quintilian identified four pur ...

ChaPter 10 Introductions and Conclusions Who can forget the images of fifty thousand people being evacuated out of Grand Forks? ...

Plan Your Introduction (^129) Begin with an Example As Chapter 8 pointed out, examples spark attention and help your listeners b ...

130 CHAPTER 10^ Introductions and Conclusions Start with Startling Numbers Numbers and statistics can be dry; however, they can ...

Plan Your Introduction (^131) Give Your Audience a Reason to Listen After you have their attention, answer your listeners’ secon ...

132 CHAPTER 10^ Introductions and Conclusions and research findings that show your interest and expertise. If relevant, you can ...

Conclude with Impact (^133) Signal the Ending Just as your preview provides a transition to the speech body, your ending signal ...

134 CHAPTER 10^ Introductions and Conclusions End Memorably Plan your final statement carefully so that you leave a positive and ...

Summary (^135) End Memorably Plan your final statement carefully so that you leave a positive and memorable impres- sion. Here a ...

136 CHAPTER 10^ Introductions and Conclusions CRitical thinKing QueStionS Outline a speech given by one of your classmates. ...

Chapter 11 This ChapTer Will help You • Outline your speech content in a linear form • Create a heading that summarizes wh ...

ChaPter 11 Outlining Your Speech circumstances, and the time limitations. The more speeches you give, the more you’ll work out y ...

Creating a Content Outline (^139) your A and B headings to the right. Then space your third-level supporting points even further ...

140 CHAPTER 11^ Outlining Your Speech B. Effects B. Many people with mental illness end up on the streets. First Effect 1. They ...