TY - BOOK TI - The art of public speaking / SN - 9781260548099 (pbk) U1 - 808.51 PY - 2020/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill Education, N1 - Speaking and listening. Speaking in public ; Ethics and public speaking ; Listening ; Giving your first speech Speech preparation : getting started. Selecting a topic and a purpose ; Analyzing the audience ; Gathering materials ; Supporting your ideas Speech preparation : organizing and outlining. Organizing the body of the speech ; Beginning and ending the speech ; Outlining the speech Presenting the speech. Using language ; Delivery ; Using visual aids 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 Appendix: Speeches for analysis and discussion N2 - "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 ER -