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Speaking With a Purpose

ISBN: 9780205319640 | 0205319645
Edition: 5th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 7/1/2000

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SummaryTable of Contents
Speaking with a Purpose provides the nuts and bolts students need to become effective public speakers. Intentionally brief, this text allows students to concentrate on the preparation, practice, and presentation of their speeches without getting bogged down by theoretical discussions. The focus on purpose and audience response, which incorporates consideration of cultural diversity, helps students identify ways to make their speeches more effective. Highly popular, this text is the best of the short books available on the subject.
Prefacexi
Getting Started
1(18)
Say Something Worthwhile
2(1)
... MORESay It Ethically and Accurately
3(1)
Say It in an Easy Way
3(1)
Projecting Confidence
4(2)
The Truth about Nervousness
6(1)
How to Develop Self-Confidence
7(2)
Visual Imagery for Confidence in Public Speaking
9(1)
A Script for Using Visual Imagery to Develop Confidence in Speaking
10(1)
The Communicative Act
11(2)
Communication Breakdowns
13(1)
Listening
14(1)
Barriers to Listening
14(2)
Ways to Improve Listening
16(1)
Note-Taking Tips
17(1)
Exercises
18(1)
Determine Your Purpose and Subject
19(9)
Selecting a Subject
20(3)
Specific Purpose
23(1)
The Central Idea
24(2)
Exercises
26(2)
Audience Analysis
28(12)
Who Exactly Is My Audience?
28(1)
What Response Can I Reasonably Expect from My Audience?
29(1)
Will My Audience Find This Subject Useful?
29(1)
Will My Audience Find This Subject Interesting?
30(1)
What Is My Audience's Knowledge of My Subject?
30(1)
What Demographic Characteristics Should I Consider about My Audience?
31(1)
Is My Audience's Attitude Favorable, Indifferent, or Opposed?
32(5)
Exercises
37(3)
Supporting Your Ideas
40(12)
Examples
41(1)
Explanation
42(1)
Statistics
43(3)
Testimony
46(1)
Comparison and Contrast
47(1)
Visual Aids
48(3)
Combined Supports
51(1)
Exercises
51(1)
Gathering Supportive Material
52(12)
Personal Experience and Knowledge
52(2)
The Library
54(2)
Electronic Services
56(4)
Interviewing
60(1)
Writing Away for Materials
61(1)
Bibliography Cards
61(1)
Taking Notes
62(1)
Bibliography
63(1)
Exercises
63(1)
Preparing the Content of Your Speech
64(11)
Organizing Your Speech
65(1)
Planning the Body
66(1)
Decide on Main Points
66(2)
Arranging the Central Idea and Main Points
68(3)
Body of Speech
71(1)
Transitions
72(1)
Exercises
73(2)
The Introduction and Conclusion
75(17)
Objectives of Introductions
75(1)
Attention Step in Introductions
76(4)
Types of Conclusions
80(3)
Outlining Your Speech
83(3)
Sample Full-Sentence Outline for a Speech to Instruct
86(4)
Exercises
90(2)
Preparing for Delivery
92(10)
Sample Delivery Outline
93(2)
Using Note Cards
95(1)
Extemporaneous Method
96(3)
Practicing the Speech
99(2)
Exercises
101(1)
Delivery
102(18)
Impromptu Speeches
102(1)
Manuscript Speeches
103(1)
Memorized Speeches
104(1)
Extemporaneous Speeches
104(1)
Nonverbal Communication
105(1)
Kinesics
106(3)
Paralanguage
109(4)
Proxemics
113(2)
Delivery Pitfalls
115(1)
Exercises
116(4)
Informing
120(21)
Demonstration Speeches
120(2)
Definition Speeches
122(4)
Description Speeches
126(2)
Expository Speeches
128(6)
Guidelines for Informative Speaking
134(2)
Sample Speech to Inform
136(3)
Exercises
139(2)
Persuasion
141(20)
Persuasion Defined
141(1)
Personal Proof
142(3)
Psychological Proof
145(3)
Logical Proof
148(1)
Deductive Reasoning
149(2)
Inductive Reasoning
151(1)
Other Forms of Reasoning
152(2)
Fallacies
154(2)
Types of Persuasive Speeches
156(2)
Sample Speech to Convince
158(1)
Exercises
159(2)
Group Communication
161(15)
The Functions of Discussion
161(2)
Types of Discussion
163(3)
Participating in Discussion
166(2)
Moderating the Discussion
168(1)
A Pattern for Problem Solving
169(2)
Evaluating Discussions
171(2)
Using Case Problems
173(3)
Index176

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