Public Speaking 2

goal of public speaking

to gain a desired result from the audience, to be ethical, culturally sensitive, and well-rehearsed

supporting material

facts, narrative, statistics, examples, and testimony

ethos

speaker credibility

logos

logical appeal of the speech

pathos

emotional appeal to the audience

4 elements of citations

author, credentials, source title, publication date

introduction responsibilities

grab the attention of the audience, establish credibility, introduce topic/thesis statement, preview main points, utilizes techniques (rhetorical questions, quotes, lyrics, statistics, interesting facts, anecdotes, humor, current event, etc.)

conclusion responsibilities

prepare audience to closure, restatement of thesis, summary of main points, clincher, may utilize techniques