Chapter 1 Overview 1.1 A Review of History 1.2 Speechmaking as an Art 1.3 Objectives 1.4 Content 1.5 Materials 1.6 Teaching Approach 1.7 Assessment Chapter 2 Selecting a Topic 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Criteria for Selecting a Topic 2.3 Speech by Mahatma Gandhi 2.4 Classroom Activities 2.5 Student Sample Speech 2.6 Topics for Discussion 2.7 Suggested Readings Chapter 3 Content 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Criteria for Judging the Speech Content 3.3 Speech by Abraham Lincoln 3.4 Classroom Activities 3.5 Student Sample Speech 3.6 Comments on the Debate Held in Last Session 3.7 Topic of Debate for Next Session 3.8 Homework Assignments 3.9 Suggested Readings Chapter4 Organization of Ideas 4.1 Introduction 4.2 The Three-Part Structure 4.3 Writing an Outline 4.4 Speech by Franklin Roosevelt 4.5 Classroom Activities 4.6 Student Sample Speech 4.7 Comments on the Debate Held in Last Session 4.8 Topic of Debate for Next Session 4.9 Suggested Readings Chapter 5 Process of Argumentation Ⅰ 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Ways of Reasoning 5.3 Types of Evidence 5.4 Speech by Martin Luther King 5.5 Classroom Activities 5.6 Student Sample Speech 5.7 Comments on the Debate Held in Last Session 5.8 Topic of Debate for Next Session 5.9 Suggested Readings Chapter 6 P.ocess of Argumentation Ⅱ 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Logical Fallacy 6.3 Lack of Elaboration 6.4 Digression 6.5 Speech by Churchill 6.6 Classroom Activities 6.7 Student Sample Speech 6.8 Comments on the Debate Held in Last Session 6.9 Topic of Debate for Next Session 6.10 Suggested Readings Chapter 7 Coherence, Unity and Cohesion Ⅰ 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Coherence 7.3 Unity 7.4 Cohesive Ties 7.5 Speech by Bill Clinton 7.6 Classroom Activities 7.7 Student Sample Speech 7.8 Comments on the Debate Held in Last Session 7.9 Topic of Debate for Next Session 7.10 Suggested Readings Chapter 8 Coherence, Unity and Cohesion Ⅱ 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Unity 8.3 Cohesive Ties 8.4 Speech by Susan Anthony 8.5 Classroom Activities 8.6 Student Sample Speech 8.7 Comments on the Debate Held in Last Session 8.8 Topic of Debate for Next Session 8.9 Suggested Readings Chapter 9 Speech and Emotion 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Emotion as an Essential Element 9.3 Emotion and Sincerity 9.4 Emotion and Use of Stress, Pause, and Tone 9.5 Emotion and Pitch and Rate 9.6 Speech by Earl Charles Spencer 9.7 Classroom Activities 9.8 Student Sample Speech 9.9 Comments on the Debate Held in Last Session 9.10 Topic of Debate forNext Session 9.11 Suggested Readings Chapter 10 Opening a Speech 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Beginning with Background Information 10.3 Beginning with a Quote 10.4 Beginning with a Statement of Purpose 10.5 Beginning with a Question 10.6 Speech by Lawrence Summers 10.7 Classroom Activities 10.8 Student Sample Speech 10.9 Comments on the Debate Held in Last Session 10.10 Topic of Debate forNext Session 10.11 Suggested Readings Chapter 11 Ending a Speech 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Ending with a Summary 11.3 Ending with a Reiteration of the Thesis 11.4 Ending with Suggestions 11.5 Ending with a Quote 11.6 Speech by Donald Petersen 11.7 Classroom Activities 11.8 Student Sample Speech 11.9 Comments on the Debate Held in Last Session 11.10 Topic of Debate for Next Session 11.11 Suggested Readings Chapter 12 Speech and Knowledge Ⅰ 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Knowledge of History 12.3 Knowledge of Literature 12.4 Knowledge of Philosophy 12.5 Knowledge of Society 12.6 Speech by Margaret Thatcher 12.7 Classroom Activities 12.8 Student Sample Speech 12.9 Comments on the Debate Held in Last Session 12.10 Topic of Debate for Next Session 12.11 Suggested Readings Chapter 13 Speech and Knowledge Ⅱ 13.1 Introduction 13.2 Knowledge of History 13.3 Knowledge of Literature 13.4 Knowledge of the Audiences Mentality 13.5 Knowledge of Current Affairs 13.6 Speech by Neil Postman 13.7 Classroom Activities 13.8 Student Sample Speech 13.9 Comments on the Debate Held in Last Session 13.10 Topic of Debate forNext Session 13.11 Suggested Readings Chapter 14 Rhetorical Devices Ⅰ 14.1 Introduction 14.2 Simile and Metaphor 14.3 Parallelism 14.4 Repetition 14.5 Antithesis I 14.6 Speech by Henry van Dyke 14.7 Classroom Activities 14.8 Student Sample Speech 14.9 Comments on the Debate Held in Last Session 14.10 Topic of Debate for Next Session 14.11 Suggested Readings Chapter 15 Rhetorical Devices Ⅱ 15.1 Introduction 15.2 Alliteration 15.3 Cadence or Rhythm 15.4 Understatement 15.5 Rhetorical Questions 15.6 Speech by Obama 15.7 Classroom Activities 15.8 Student Sample Speech 15.9 Comments on the Debate Held in Last Session 15.10 Topic of Debate for Next Session 15.11 Suggested Readings Chapter 16 Language Use 16.1 Introduction 16.2 Grammar 16.3 Wording 16.4 Expression 16.5 Speech by Drew Faust 16.6 Classroom Activities 16.7 Student Sample Speech 16.8 Comments on the Debate Held in Last Session 16.9 Suggested Readings Chapter 17 Avoiding Plagiarism 17.1 Introduction 17.2 Using Direct Quotes 17.3 Paraphrasing 17.4 Using References