Chapter 1 Overview
1.1 A Review of History
1.2 Speechmaking as an Art
1.3 Objectives
1.4 Content
1.5 Materials
1.6 Teaching Approach
1.7 Assessment
Chapter 2 Selecting a Topic
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Criteria for Selecting a Topic
2.3 Speech by Mahatma Gandhi
2.4 Classroom Activities
2.5 Student Sample Speech
2.6 Topics for Discussion
2.7 Suggested Readings
Chapter 3 Content
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Criteria for Judging the Speech Content
3.3 Speech by Abraham Lincoln
3.4 Classroom Activities
3.5 Student Sample Speech
3.6 Comments on the Debate Held in Last Session
3.7 Topic of Debate for Next Session
3.8 Homework Assignments
3.9 Suggested Readings
Chapter4 Organization of Ideas
4.1 Introduction
4.2 The Three-Part Structure
4.3 Writing an Outline
4.4 Speech by Franklin Roosevelt
4.5 Classroom Activities
4.6 Student Sample Speech
4.7 Comments on the Debate Held in Last Session
4.8 Topic of Debate for Next Session
4.9 Suggested Readings
Chapter 5 Process of Argumentation Ⅰ
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Ways of Reasoning
5.3 Types of Evidence
5.4 Speech by Martin Luther King
5.5 Classroom Activities
5.6 Student Sample Speech
5.7 Comments on the Debate Held in Last Session
5.8 Topic of Debate for Next Session
5.9 Suggested Readings
Chapter 6 P.ocess of Argumentation Ⅱ
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Logical Fallacy
6.3 Lack of Elaboration
6.4 Digression
6.5 Speech by Churchill
6.6 Classroom Activities
6.7 Student Sample Speech
6.8 Comments on the Debate Held in Last Session
6.9 Topic of Debate for Next Session
6.10 Suggested Readings
Chapter 7 Coherence, Unity and Cohesion Ⅰ
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Coherence
7.3 Unity
7.4 Cohesive Ties
7.5 Speech by Bill Clinton
7.6 Classroom Activities
7.7 Student Sample Speech
7.8 Comments on the Debate Held in Last Session
7.9 Topic of Debate for Next Session
7.10 Suggested Readings
Chapter 8 Coherence, Unity and Cohesion Ⅱ
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Unity
8.3 Cohesive Ties
8.4 Speech by Susan Anthony
8.5 Classroom Activities
8.6 Student Sample Speech
8.7 Comments on the Debate Held in Last Session
8.8 Topic of Debate for Next Session
8.9 Suggested Readings
Chapter 9 Speech and Emotion
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Emotion as an Essential Element
9.3 Emotion and Sincerity
9.4 Emotion and Use of Stress, Pause, and Tone
9.5 Emotion and Pitch and Rate
9.6 Speech by Earl Charles Spencer
9.7 Classroom Activities
9.8 Student Sample Speech
9.9 Comments on the Debate Held in Last Session
9.10 Topic of Debate forNext Session
9.11 Suggested Readings
Chapter 10 Opening a Speech
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Beginning with Background Information
10.3 Beginning with a Quote
10.4 Beginning with a Statement of Purpose
10.5 Beginning with a Question
10.6 Speech by Lawrence Summers
10.7 Classroom Activities
10.8 Student Sample Speech
10.9 Comments on the Debate Held in Last Session
10.10 Topic of Debate forNext Session
10.11 Suggested Readings
Chapter 11 Ending a Speech
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Ending with a Summary
11.3 Ending with a Reiteration of the Thesis
11.4 Ending with Suggestions
11.5 Ending with a Quote
11.6 Speech by Donald Petersen
11.7 Classroom Activities
11.8 Student Sample Speech
11.9 Comments on the Debate Held in Last Session
11.10 Topic of Debate for Next Session
11.11 Suggested Readings
Chapter 12 Speech and Knowledge Ⅰ
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Knowledge of History
12.3 Knowledge of Literature
12.4 Knowledge of Philosophy
12.5 Knowledge of Society
12.6 Speech by Margaret Thatcher
12.7 Classroom Activities
12.8 Student Sample Speech
12.9 Comments on the Debate Held in Last Session
12.10 Topic of Debate for Next Session
12.11 Suggested Readings
Chapter 13 Speech and Knowledge Ⅱ
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Knowledge of History
13.3 Knowledge of Literature
13.4 Knowledge of the Audiences Mentality
13.5 Knowledge of Current Affairs
13.6 Speech by Neil Postman
13.7 Classroom Activities
13.8 Student Sample Speech
13.9 Comments on the Debate Held in Last Session
13.10 Topic of Debate forNext Session
13.11 Suggested Readings
Chapter 14 Rhetorical Devices Ⅰ
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Simile and Metaphor
14.3 Parallelism
14.4 Repetition
14.5 Antithesis I
14.6 Speech by Henry van Dyke
14.7 Classroom Activities
14.8 Student Sample Speech
14.9 Comments on the Debate Held in Last Session
14.10 Topic of Debate for Next Session
14.11 Suggested Readings
Chapter 15 Rhetorical Devices Ⅱ
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Alliteration
15.3 Cadence or Rhythm
15.4 Understatement
15.5 Rhetorical Questions
15.6 Speech by Obama
15.7 Classroom Activities
15.8 Student Sample Speech
15.9 Comments on the Debate Held in Last Session
15.10 Topic of Debate for Next Session
15.11 Suggested Readings
Chapter 16 Language Use
16.1 Introduction
16.2 Grammar
16.3 Wording
16.4 Expression
16.5 Speech by Drew Faust
16.6 Classroom Activities
16.7 Student Sample Speech
16.8 Comments on the Debate Held in Last Session
16.9 Suggested Readings
Chapter 17 Avoiding Plagiarism
17.1 Introduction
17.2 Using Direct Quotes
17.3 Paraphrasing
17.4 Using References