CMST 2060 Chapter : Public Speaking 1
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Introduction: hook or attention grabber, thesis or topic, body. Blueprint or preview: spend most of time in the body, 3 points, main point a, main point b, main point c, 2 points, main point 1, sub a, sub b. Sub b: conclusion, preview or blueprint , thesis, hook or attention grabber (go back to it at the end) *transitions occur from one main point to the other* Transitions: wrap up your point, unwrap the next one. Aristotle on rhetoric: rhetorical proofs, ethos, pathos, logos, canons of rhetoric, arrangement. Strategies: memorize your speech, knowledge of commonplace (context where you have an overlap with audience, helps you become a better speaker if you have common points of references, having knowledge of what the audience knows) How the words or speech is composed or put together. Knowing what to making of those decisions of style. Topic: ways to talk about something: definition, division, comparison, relationship, circumstance, value.
