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Chapter 6  Analyzing the Audience o Audience analysis- Process of gathering and analyzing information about audience to adapt your message o Audience- Centered-Think about audience throughout entire speech  Attitudes- General evaluations of people,idea,object, or events o Beliefs- Level of confidence about existence  Way of which things are real(Validity) o Values-Most enduring judgements about what’s good and bad in life, fewer values than beliefs o Audience disposition  Topic  Have a positive attitude  Relevant  Offer solid evidence  Use vivid language  Use repetition  Speaker  Trust people who we like  Credibly  Show goodwill  Have integrity  Identification  Sharing a personal story  Community  Mannerism similar to audience  Occasion  Capture audience-required to be in audience  Voluntary audience- Attend on their own free will  Demographics- Statistical characteristics of a single population  Age  Gender  Religion  Ethnicity o Target audience- Most likely to influence o Interview-Person to person with an information gathering purpose  Close ended  Fixed alternative questions  Scale questions  open-ended questions o Speech Context  Goals of the speech Chapter 7  Selecting a topic and purpose o Increase audience understanding and knowledge o Effect some degree of change- Persuasive o Select something you are excited about  Current event

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 Area of expertise Brainstorming-Spontaneous generation of ideas Once topic is chosen  Narrow it down General topic- focuses more closely on goal of the speech Thesis statement- General idea about the speech  Helps speech preparation  Relevant to the listener Specific purpose-Outcome you want to achieve

o Chapter 23  Informative speech o Provide your audience with new ideas,new ways of thinking  Transitions  Presentation aids  Appropriate organized patterns o Types  Speeches about objects  Unaminate  Speeches about people  Noteworthy  Speeches about events  Noteworthy events  9/11  Speeches about process  Series of step  How to speeches  Speeches about issues  Overview of problem  Speeches of complex  Complex  Simple/easy to follow o Different learning styles  Visual learners  Best understood by viewing visual explanations  Aural learners  Through spoken word  Read/Write learners  Text based  Kinesthetic learners  Experience info directly  Demonstrations, Hands on  Multimodal  More than one method Chapter 8  Developing supporting materials o Supporting materials- Info that clarifies, elaborates, and verify a speaker’s assertions o Three Functions  Prove statement correct  Engages with the audience

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 Elaborates on meaning of your ideas Refer orally to your sources  Types  Examples  Brief examples- single illustration of points  Extended examples- Multifaceted illustration of points of ideas,item, or event being described  Hypothetical example-Illustration of something that may happen in the future if certain things occur  Narrative  Narrative story- Can be based on personal experiences or imaginary incidents  Anecdote-Brief story of interesting,humorous, or real-life incident  Testimony  Firsthand findings,eyewitness,accounts, and opinions  Expert  lay(Non-Expert)  Facts  Documented occurrences  Times  Dates  Places  People involved  Statistics  Qualified evidence  Credibility- audience member's judgement of what you are saying

Chapter 9 Finding Credible Print and Online Materials o Primary research-Provide firsthand accounts or direct evidence o Secondary research- Vast body of info gathered by others o periodical - Regularly published magazine,journals, or newspaper Chapter 10  Citing sources in your speech o Oral citations- Source of speech material that is delivered from other people’s idea o Source reliability- Level of trust in a source with credentials and a good track record o Source Qualifier- Brief description of source’s qualifications to address topic Chapter 11 1. Organizing the body of the speech 1. Arrangement- Strategic process of deciding how to order speech points into content and convincing pattern 2. Outlining- Psychical process of plotting speech points on a page with hierarchical order 3. Parts of a speech 

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1. Intro-Establishes speech purpose and relevance to audience and previews topic 2. Body-Speaker develops main points intended to fulfill speech purpose 3. Main points- Key ideas or primary points intended to fulfill speech purpose 4. Conclusion- Speaker redirects speech purpose Outlining 1. S.P-To inform my audience”” 1. Thesis- I will talk about “” 2. Body- 2 to 3 main points

Chapter 12  Types of organizational arrangements o Topical pattern- pattern of organizing main points as subtopics o Chronological pattern- Organizing speech points in natural sequential order o Spatial pattern-Physical proximity or direct relative to each other o Causal pattern- organizing speech points in order, first of causes and then of effects or vice-versa o Problem-solution- organizing speech points so they demonstrate nature and significance of problem Chapter 13  Outlining the speech o Working outline- preparation or rough outline that refines and finalizes specific speech purpose o Speaking outline- Main and supporting points is stated in sentence form o Phrase outline: uses partial construction of sentence form of each point instead of using complete sentences that present precise wording for each point o Key-Word outline- uses smallest units of understanding associated with specific point to outline main and supporting points  Better control  Freedom of movement  Memory loss...