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Homework
Complete Exercise 3 on p. 71
Read Chapter 15 and Complete p.232 #3
Practice your Persuasive Speech and write your Speaking Outline .
5 minutes
Quiz
Chapter 5
Speak
Ego-centrism
People are concerned above all with their own values, beliefs and well being
The audience has it
So does the speaker
Who should change?
The Speaker must lose the ego
Audience Centeredness:
Keeping the audience foremost in mind at every step of speech preparation and presentation.
Possible Distractions:
1. “I hope I get a good grade”
2. Interference (Ch. 1) – some out of your control
3. “I wonder if I look okay up here?”
4. Nervousness
Analyzing the audience
Who are you talking to? There’s more than one way to answer this question...
Factors in audience analysis
Size
Physical setting
Demographic traits such as age, gender, education, & status
Disposition:
A person’s inherent qualities of mind and character.
Similar to attitude
Disposition toward topic
Disposition toward speaker
Disposition toward the occasion (cultural expectations)
Now analyze the audience again
Consider the factors you just learned about:
Size, setting, demographic, topic, speaker, occasion
Getting Information about Audience: Survey
Turn to page 65
1. Write at least two Fixed
Alternative Questions.
Survey your classmates using your questions.
15 minutes
2. Write at least two Scale
Questions
Tally and Analyze your results.
3. Write at least two Openended Questions
10 minutes
How should you adapt your speech?
After Analyzing you should Adapt
Adapt Before the Speech...
- to be clear, appropriate and convincing
Adapt During the Speech
- to be flexible and change in the middle of the presentation
Adapt After the Speech
- so that you improve and do better the following time
Audience Analysis and Adaptation Checklist
Turn to page 68
In pairs: interview your partner using the checklist
Then have the partner interview you.
Discuss how you can adapt your speech Before, During, and After the speech.
Chapter 6
Supporting your ideas
How to support your ideas...
Use the following to support your ideas
1. Examples
2. Statistics
3. Testimony
testimony: Types and Tips
Types: Expert and Peer
5 Tips for using testimony
(see checklist)
1. Quote or paraphrase?
2. Be accurate in reporting what was said
3. Use qualified sources
4. Use unbiased sources
5. Identify the source in your speech.
Remember this...
Examples , statistics and testimony are three things that can help support your ideas.
Examples
Brief
Extended
Hypothetical
Statistics
Single
Multiple
Testimony
Expert
Peer
