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  • https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/Ivy_Tech_Community_College/IvyOnline_COMM101%3A_Fundamentals_of_Public_Speaking_(Roe)/09%3A_Supporting_Your_Ideas/9.02%3A_Personal_and_Professional_Knowledge
    For example, if you are giving a speech on the importance of hunting to the local culture, you might explain how the last buck you shot fed your family for an entire season. For example, if you are gi...For example, if you are giving a speech on the importance of hunting to the local culture, you might explain how the last buck you shot fed your family for an entire season. For example, if you are giving a speech about Occupy Wall Street, but you have not experienced one of their protests, you may choose to include statements from a protestor or someone who identifies with the goals of the movement.
  • https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Communication/Public_Speaking/Public_Speaking_(The_Public_Speaking_Project)/17%3A_Special_Occasion_Speaking
  • https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/Ivy_Tech_Community_College/IvyOnline_COMM101%3A_Fundamentals_of_Public_Speaking_(Roe)/09%3A_Supporting_Your_Ideas
  • https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/Ivy_Tech_Community_College/IvyOnline_COMM101%3A_Fundamentals_of_Public_Speaking_(Roe)/12%3A_Origins_of_Public_Speaking/12.07%3A_Conclusion
    The Renaissance gave us a rebirth of the Greek and Roman classical art of public speaking, a new breath for public discourse and education, and the emergence of humanist and rationalist thinkers. The ...The Renaissance gave us a rebirth of the Greek and Roman classical art of public speaking, a new breath for public discourse and education, and the emergence of humanist and rationalist thinkers. The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the Government of Reasons; to place our Subject in a Right Light, and excite our Hearers to a due consideration of it. ~Mary Astell
  • https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Communication/Public_Speaking/Public_Speaking_(The_Public_Speaking_Project)/18%3A_Group_Presentations
  • https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/Ivy_Tech_Community_College/IvyOnline_COMM101%3A_Fundamentals_of_Public_Speaking_(Roe)/08%3A_Introductions_and_Conclusions/8.06%3A_Composing_the_Conclusion
    You can use the same quotation at the end as at the beginning, but because of what we have learned in the speech, the quotation has a new and more developed meaning. You can use the same question at t...You can use the same quotation at the end as at the beginning, but because of what we have learned in the speech, the quotation has a new and more developed meaning. You can use the same question at the conclusion as you did at the beginning, and regardless of whether you ask for a response or pose it as a rhetorical question (and allow the audience to consider the answer), the answer will be different because of your speech.
  • https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/Ivy_Tech_Community_College/IvyOnline_COMM101%3A_Fundamentals_of_Public_Speaking_(Roe)/06%3A_Speaking_to_a_Global_Audience/6.08%3A_Effective_Nonverbal_Expression
    This insight takes on added significance in the context of speaking to a global audience, because scholars maintain that even though a substantial portion of our non-verbal behavior, including the exp...This insight takes on added significance in the context of speaking to a global audience, because scholars maintain that even though a substantial portion of our non-verbal behavior, including the expression of emotion, is innate and hardly varies across cultures, much of non-verbal communication is learned and varies significantly across cultures.
  • https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/Ivy_Tech_Community_College/IvyOnline_COMM101%3A_Fundamentals_of_Public_Speaking_(Roe)/08%3A_Introductions_and_Conclusions/8.02%3A_Functions_of_Introductions
    These first two functions of the introduction, gaining the attention of the audience and the good will of the audience, have most to do with getting the audience to want to listen to you. The other tw...These first two functions of the introduction, gaining the attention of the audience and the good will of the audience, have most to do with getting the audience to want to listen to you. The other two functions of the introduction, stating the purpose of the speech and previewing the structure of the speech, have to do with helping the audience understand you.
  • https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/Ivy_Tech_Community_College/IvyOnline_COMM101%3A_Fundamentals_of_Public_Speaking_(Roe)/15%3A_Persuasive_Speaking/15.06%3A_Approaching_Audiences
    But that t-shirt could cost you thousands of dollars before you even graduate.” Rather than beginning with a diatribe on the evils of debt, which many of them may not yet have experienced, you relate ...But that t-shirt could cost you thousands of dollars before you even graduate.” Rather than beginning with a diatribe on the evils of debt, which many of them may not yet have experienced, you relate to their desire for a free t-shirt and a common belief they are likely to share, that “free” should not translate to “expensive.” If you cannot relate the topic directly to the audience, another approach is to relate the topic to someone they care about, like a family member or friend.
  • https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Communication/Public_Speaking/Public_Speaking_(The_Public_Speaking_Project)/09%3A_Introductions_and_Conclusions
  • https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Communication/Public_Speaking/Public_Speaking_(The_Public_Speaking_Project)/02%3A_Origins_of_Public_Speaking/2.08%3A_Activities_and_Glossary
    Draco In 621 B.C., the citizens of Athens commissioned Draco, an elder citizen considered to be the wisest of the Greeks, to codify the laws, which had remained an oral form of custom and tradition. R...Draco In 621 B.C., the citizens of Athens commissioned Draco, an elder citizen considered to be the wisest of the Greeks, to codify the laws, which had remained an oral form of custom and tradition. Renaissance The Renaissance is the name of the great intellectual and cultural movement of the revival of interest in classical culture that occurred in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.

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