Entering the
Public Dialogue
With Confidence:
Your First Speech
Chapter 2
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General Purposes
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To inform
To persuade
To invite
To introduce
To commemorate
To accept
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Informative Speech
Communicates knowledge and
understanding about a
process, an event, a person or
place, an object, or a concept
(Chapter 15)
Informative Speech
by Chelsey Penoyer
(partial: 35 sec.)
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Invitational Speech
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To set stage for dialogue to
clarify positions, explore
issues and ideas or share
beliefs & values
Rather than try to change
other people, we speak
invitationally to try to
understand them
(Chapter 16)
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Persuasive Speech
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Attempts to change or
reinforce an audience’s
thoughts, feelings or
actions
(Chapter 17)
Persuasive Speech
by Jessica Fuller
(partial: 1 min. 14 sec.)
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Introductory Speech
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Present information about
yourself, another person,
or an event to an audience
(Chapter 19)
See page 40 for the
Self-Introduction speech
by Tiffany Brisco
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Commemorative Speech
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To praise, honor, recognize,
or pay tribute to a person,
an event, an idea or an
institution
(Chapter 19)
Tribute Speech
by Tara Flanagan
(partial: 1 min. 8 sec.)
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Acceptance Speech
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To acknowledge your
gratitude, appreciation,
and pleasure at receiving
an honor or a gift
(Chapter 19)
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Canons of Rhetoric :
Invention
 Arrangement
 Style
 Memory
 Delivery
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Canon of Invention
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Consider the topic, or the
subject
(Chapter 4)
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Determine your purpose or
reason for speaking
(Chapter 4)
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Identify your audience
(Chapter 5)
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Selecting a Speech Topic
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Based on your interests,
hobbies, & skills
Brainstorming using free
association, categories, or
technology
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Canon of Arrangement
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Guidelines for ordering the
ideas in a speech
(Chapter 9)
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Canon of Style
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The guidelines for using
language effectively &
appropriately
(Chapters 3 & 12)
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Canon of Memory
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The time you take to
rehearse your speech &
the ways you prompt
yourself to remember the
speech as you give it
(Chapter 13)
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Canon of Delivery
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Guidelines for managing
your voice, gestures,
posture, facial expressions
& visual aids as you
present your speech
(Chapter 13)
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Trait Anxiety
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Apprehensive about
communicating with
others in any situation
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State or Situational
Anxiety
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Public speaking anxiety
(PSA)
– Some level of state anxiety
about public speaking
– Nervousness is normal
Check out Interactive Activity 2.2:
Connecting with the Audience
at the Invitation to Public Speaking website.
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Reducing Nervousness
Prepare
 Practice
 Be realistic
 Visualize success
 Affirm strengths
 Connect with audience
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