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About the Book
1. Public Speaking As Advocacy
Meggie Mapes
2. Giving Your First Speech
Stand up, Speak out
3. Reducing Speech Anxiety
4. Centering Audiences
5. Becoming an Ethical Speaker
6. Analyzing Your Audience
7. Selecting and Formulating Arguments
8. Researching Arguments
9. Organizing and Outlining
10. Introducing the Speech
11. Concluding the Speech
12. Creating an Aesthetic Experience
13. Engaging in Effective Verbal Delivery
14. Enhancing Nonverbal Delivery
15. Integrating Presentation Aids
16. Rehearsing Your Presentation
17. Speaking to Inform
18. Speaking to Persuade
19. Developing Arguments for the Persuasive Speech
20. Speaking for Special Occasions
21. Speaking Online
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Glossary
In this section, you will learn how to research and identify support for your speech.
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