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Public Speaking and Persuasion REVIEWER
Public Speaking and Persuasion REVIEWER
(1) you know a lot about and Positive - to view the classroom as an artificial
(2) subjects you want to know more about. speaking situation.
These include:
SUPPORTING YOUR IDEAS Expert Testimony. This comes from
Supporting materials are used to support a people who are acknowledged
speaker’s ideas. These include: authorities in their fields.
Peer Testimony. These are opinions of
-Examples. It is a specific case used to illustrate people like us; not prominent figures,
or to represent a group of people, ideas, but ordinary citizens who have firsthand
conditions, experiences, or the like. It gives us a experience on the topic.
specific incident to focus on. It sets the stage
with details of time, place, color, action. Quoting vs. Paraphrasing. Direct quotation is a
Without examples, ideas seem vague, testimony that is presented word for word.
impersonal, and lifeless. With examples, ideas Meanwhile, to paraphrase is to restate or
become specific, personal, and lively. summarize.
Types of Debate
1. Parliamentary Debate
2. Lincoln-Douglas Debate
3. Cross Examination Debate
4. Academic Debate
Structure of a debate