Speech Communication Learning Objectives

organizing the body of the speech; more specifically, the use of main points, supporting points,

Pitch of voice – making sure you pitch is right for the level of conversation and the service user you are talking too. Speaking in a low voice can be calming and soothing, but too low and you can sound boring. On the other hand a high pitch can sound shrill and be unpleasant to listen to

Speeches have been an effective way for someone to share their thoughts and opinions about topics for years. Have they continued to be successful due to changes in the way that they are given, or is it because modern-day orators have continued to use some of the same speech techniques? To determine the answer, a comparison of an old political speech to a contemporary political speech would be required. In both speeches, Speech in the Virginia Convention and We are not Afraid, both Patrick Henry and Hillary Clinton use allusion, restatement, and parallelism to effectively state their views.

How to make a clear organization in public speaking? The answer is using effective cues like rhetorical

Turn to page 114 of your textbook. Read “applying the power of public speaking” and Type your answer below.

The speaking literacy objective allows students to convey one’s thinking in complete sentences, which we did during our discussions about Invisible Man. During these discussions we were required to think of questions to ask the class in order to make us think a little bit deeper than we normally would, which is exactly what happened. Each student had a new and thoughtful question for each discussion, which would often cause an introspective discussion about not just the book, but sometimes our society. Thinking about what we were going to ask, caused us to carefully pick our words so that it would be not only comprehensible, but provocative. While reading Invisible Man, one of the questions I asked my classmates was, “Do you think it's possible

Dig up the materials for your speeches. Arrangement. Indroduction, narration, division, proof, refutation, and conclusion. Style. The five virtures of style are proper language, clearness, vivdness, decorum, and ornament. Memory. This is the canon hardest to adapt to modern speechifying. Delivery. Here you actually act, in both the theatrical and active sences. (Heinrichs 293)

The structure of a speech can be the determining factor of whether the speech was as effective as it was intended to be. Without proper

Outlining is designed to serve five main purposes for a speaker when preparing a speech. (1) It

Most textbooks go on at length here regarding spatial, versus logical, versus chronological patterns of organization. I generally just teach Plato’s “clever butcher” analogy. Plato said that a clumsy butcher takes a chicken and hacks it all to pieces; makes a mess of the whole thing. A clever butcher, on the other hand, realizes that the chicken has natural divisions, called joints, and uses those to cleanly divide the chicken. So, when organizing a speech, I just tell my students

This paper will go over the three main goals I would like to achieve in my public speaking career. My first goal is to improve upon the structure of my speeches to ensure that the topics that I discuss are in an order that will make sense to the audience. My second main goal I have for improving my public speaking skills is to improve on my confidence before, during, and after my speech. Finally, my last goal is to raise my delivery skills when I am giving my speech to assure the audience that I am confident and that I am a credible person. Together, these goals will help improve my public speaking skills.

To communicate effectively we must understand and ‘apply’ the ‘rules’ of the structure used in language and be able to vocalise this through speech. We must also hear and understand the speech of others through our ability to listen and to interpret body language and facial

The speech that I will be discussing was given by Dr. Robert Kleinhenz who is the Chief Economist at the LA Economic Development Corporation. He was discussing the the recent and future trends at the port of Long Beach and Los Angeles. He used a PowerPoint which had multiple graphs and important information that related to the topic of his speech. Throughout the speech he would use hand gestures, and had a good voice. While comparing his speech to other speeches I saw that his was different from others but all had some things in common they were epideictic, had multiple numbers and statistics. His included all this and had other components such as the power point.

From draft to delivery, speeches require collaborative work. When a president delivers a speech, he employs the aid of

When giving a speech it is handy to have a list of key concepts with you that you want to get across to your audience. Writing out your whole speech will not do. Writing out your full speech may cause you to have your head buried in your notes for your entire