1 An Overview

2 Speech Anxiety

3 Listeners and Listening: Analyzing Audiences and Being a Responsive Audience Member

4 Selecting the Topic and Stating the Specific Purpose

5 Gathering Materials

6 Organizing the Speech

7 The Body of the Speech: Developing Your Ideas

8 Introductions, Conclusions, and Transitions

9 Visual Aids

10 Language Use

11 Delivery

12 The Speech to Inform

13 Bases of Persuasion

14 Constructing the Persuasive Speech

15 The Speech to Entertain

16 Speaking for Special Occasions

Appendix: Performance of Literature by Gail Miller

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