The art of public speaking /  
Stephen Lucas (Author), Paul Stob (Author) 
 - New York :  McGraw-Hill Education,   2020 
 - xxiii, 389 pages, 31 variously numbered pages :   color illustrations ;   26 cm 
<br/><br/>Speaking and listening. Speaking in public ; Ethics and public speaking ; Listening ; Giving your first speech<br/>Speech preparation : getting started. Selecting a topic and a purpose ; Analyzing the audience ; Gathering materials ; Supporting your ideas<br/>Speech preparation : organizing and outlining. Organizing the body of the speech ; Beginning and ending the speech ; Outlining the speech<br/>Presenting the speech. Using language ; Delivery ; Using visual aids<br/>Varieties of public speaking. Speaking to inform ; Speaking to persuade ; Methods of persuasion ; Speaking on special occasions ; Presenting your speech online ; Speaking in small groups<br/>Appendix: Speeches for analysis and discussion 
<br/><br/> "Fully updated for the thirteenth edition, the award-winning Art of Public Speaking offers a time-tested approach that has made it the most widely used college textbook on its subject in the world. Providing clear, authoritative coverage and written in a voice that speaks personably to students, it helps them become capable, responsible speakers, listeners, and thinkers. Seamlessly coordinated with Connect, McGraw-Hill Education's pathbreaking online program, it supplies a proven set of teaching and learning tools that is without parallel among public speaking books"; Provided by publisher 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781260548099 (pbk) 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>808.51