Lucas, Stephen,  1946- <br/><br/>
The art of public speaking / 
Stephen E. Lucas with Paul Stob. 
 - 13th edition. 
 - xxiii, 389 pages, 11 unnumbered pages :  color illustrations ;  27 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages N1-N7) and index. 
<br/><br/>Speaking in public -- Ethics and public speaking -- Listening -- Giving your first speech -- Selecting a topic and a purpose -- Analyzing the audience -- Gathering materials -- Supporting your ideas -- Organizing the body of the speech -- Beginning and ending the speech -- Outlining the speech -- Using language -- Delivery -- Using visual aids -- Speaking to inform -- Speaking to persuade -- Methods of persuasion -- Speaking on special occasions -- Presenting your speech online -- Speaking in small groups. 
<br/><br/> "Fully updated for the thirteenth edition, the award-winning Art of Public Speaking offers a time-tested approach that has made it the most widely used college textbook on its subject in the world. Providing clear, authoritative coverage and written in a voice that speaks personably to students, it helps them become capable, responsible speakers, listeners, and thinkers. Seamlessly coordinated with Connect, McGraw-Hill Education's pathbreaking online program, it supplies a proven set of teaching and learning tools that is without parallel among public speaking books"-- 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781259924606 1259924602 9781260412932 1260412938 978126041287 1260412873 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2018038517 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Public speaking.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN4129.15  / .L83 2020 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>808.51  / LUA