Public Speaking Handbook

Index (^485)
Informative speeches, 34, 35, 140, 315–341
audience-centered, 335–339
goals of, 317
interest in, maintaining, 328–332
recall of, enhancing, 333–335
sample, 331–332
types of, 318–323
understanding of, enhancing, 324–328
Initial credibility, 374
Initial previews, 195
Insensitive style of communication anxiety, 19–20
Interactive model of communication, 6–7
Interest, strategies to maintain, 328–332
Internal noise, 6
Internal previews, 195
Internal summaries, 197–198
Internet
evaluating resources on, 157–158
as presentation aid, 304
supporting material from, 155–158
Interviews
conducting, 161–162
preparing for, 161
supporting material from, 160–162
Intonation, 271
Introduction, speeches of, 420–421
Introductions (of speeches), 38, 211–225
anecdotes in, 217–218
familiarity with, 22
humor in, 219–220
illustrations in, 217–218
personal references in, 223
purposes of, 213–217
questions in, 220–222
quotations in, 218–219
references to, in conclusion, 231–232
references to events in, 222–223
references to occasion in, 223
references to preceding speeches in, 223–224
startling facts or statistics in, 218
Invention, 10
Inversion, 247, 250
Irony, verbal, 430
Isocrates, 85
I-statements, 89
J
Jackson, Jesse, 357
Jagland, ThrobjØrn, 169–170
Jamison, Jeffrey, 384
Jargon, 242
H
Handouts, 309–310
Hands in pockets posture, 264
Hard evidence, 193–194
Hasty generalization, 387
Henry, Patrick, 9, 392
Hernandez, Maria, 395
Heywood, John, 227
Hitler, Adolf, 52, 55
Holm, Todd, 59
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 135
Hong, Yue, 120
Hope, appeals to, 392
Hostile questions, neutralizing, 283–284
Howells, William Dean, 135
How-to explanations, 186–187
Humes, James, 3–4
Humor
in after-dinner speeches, 428–429
diversity and, 220
in introductions, 219–220
verbal strategies for, 429–430
Humphrey, Judith, 144
Hyperbole, 430
Hypothetical illustrations, as supporting
materials, 166
I
“I Have a Dream” speech (King), 232, 260, 273,
445–447
Ideas. See also Central ideas; Main ideas
speeches about, 322–323
unfamiliar, clarifying, 326–329
Illustrations
hypothetical, 166
in introductions, 217–218
as supporting material, 165–166
Immediacy, 267
Immediacy behaviors, 267
Impromptu speaking, 259, 261
Inclusive language, 107
Income, in audience analysis, 111
Indirect persuasion route, 350
Inductive reasoning, 376–379, 382
Inferences, 383
facts vs., 82
Inflection, 272–273
Inflexible style of communication anxiety, 20
Information gathering, for audience analysis,
99–101
Information overload, 69, 70
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