The Speaker: The Tradition and Practice of Public Speaking

Joseph M. Valenzano, III, Jim A. Kuypers, and Stephen W. Braden

978-1-68036-864-2

Fourth Edition

Chapter 1: Public Speaking: A Long and Vibrant Tradition
Chapter 2: Practical Concerns: Fear, Listening, and Ethics
Chapter 3: Civility
Chapter 4: Research and Preparation
Chapter 5: Delivery
Chapter 6: Presentation Aids
Chapter 7: The Speaking Environment: Traditional and Digital Oratory
Chapter 8: Analyzing Your Audience
Chapter 9: Language and Considerations of Style
Chapter 10: Outlining
Chapter 11: Informative Speaking
Chapter 12: Crafting an Informative Speech
Chapter 13: Types of Persuasion
Chapter 14: Reasoning and Persuasion
Chapter 15: Crafting a Persuasive Speech
Chapter 16: Epideictic Address
Chapter 17: Constructing an Epideictic Address

Acting Out the Context and Situation
Facebook Buddies
Newspaper Article Outline
Professor Evaluation Sheet
Analyzing Advertisements
Finding and Evaluating Sources for your Speech
Oral Citations
Scavenger Hunt
Be Fly on the Fly
Hail to the King Activity
Organizational Pattern Chart
Spur of the Moment
Charades Charts
Handshake Activity
Organizational Patterns
The Night Before the Big Day
Code of Ethics
Idea Flow
Outline Scramble
Three Strikes, You’re Out
Conference Call Live Speech
In Their Shoes for Three Minutes
Partial Delivery
Transition Activity
Could You Say That Again
Interviews
Personal Ad
Vampires vs. Zombies
Don’t just Reflect, Perform
Introduce Your Speech
Personal Citation
Video Vision Practice, Evaluate, and Perform
Face Your Fears
Is that plagiarism?
Persuade the Judges for 1,000,000
Visual Aids
Fallacies
Language Fishbowl
Pick Our Community Improvement
Whatchamacallit
Famous Speakers
Model our Communication
Practicing Videoconferencing Speeches
You Can Pick Your Message, But You Can’t Pick Your Audience
Topic Selection Worksheet for the Informative Speech
Topic Selection Worksheet for the Persuasive Speech
Visual Sensory Aid