by Dan O'Hair; Hannah Rubenstein; Rob Stewart
Third Edition ©2010
ISBN-10: 0-312-55404-4 ISBN-13: 978-0-312-55404-0 Spiral Bound, 352 pages See available formats »
Reorganized and expanded Part 1 gets students speaking right away. After a strong introductory chapter, the chapter "From A to Z: Overview of a Speech" has been moved up so that students can immediately get the help they need to give a competent speech early in the semester. More help with speech anxiety. Now Chapter 3, "Managing Speech Anxiety," includes new advice for students from students that offer specific techniques to overcome public speaking jitters. Expanded range of visual tutorials. The third edition adds three new tutorials that walk students through some of the most challenging stages in the speechmaking process: selecting and narrowing a topic, demonstrating source credibility, and incorporating effective transitions. More on orally citing sources — in a new chapter and throughout — helps students accurately and effectively use supporting material to prove source credibility and deliver their messages. New sample speeches and outlines. Now included are two new full-text sample speeches (three total) and two new sample outlines (four total), two phrase and one key word.
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