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Speak Up!

Sixth Edition  ©2023 Douglas Fraleigh; Joseph Tuman Formats: Achieve, E-book, Print

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    Douglas M. Fraleigh

    Douglas M. Fraleigh is a professor and chair of the Department of Communication at California State University, Fresno and he serves on the faculty of the universitys Smittcamp Family Honors College. He has taught public speaking courses throughout his career and also coached intercollegiate speech and debate at CSU Fresno, UC Berkeley, Cornell, and CSU Sacramento. His research interests include freedom of speech, argumentation, and legal communication.


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    Joseph S. Tuman

    Joseph S. Tuman is a professor and chair of the Department of Communication Studies at San Francisco State University, where he has received the Jacobus tenBroek Society Award for Excellence in Teaching. Dr. Tuman has taught at the University of California at Berkeley, the New School, and University of Paris II, and has published widely in the field of communication studies. He appears regularly on television news programs as a political commentator.

Table of Contents

The Basics of Public Speaking

  1. Introducing Public Speaking
  2. Developing Your First Speech
  3. Speech Ethics
  4. Listening Skills

Preparation Fundamentals

  5. Audience Analysis
  6. Selecting Your Topic
  7. Researching Your Speech
  8. Using Supporting Materials for Your Speech

Organizing and Outlining

  9. Organizing Your Speech
10. Introductions and Conclusions
11. Outlining Your Speech

Language and Delivery

12. Language and Style
13. Delivering Your Speech
14. Using Presentation Aids

Types of Public Speaking

15. Mediated Public Speaking
16. Informative Speaking
17. Persuasive Speaking
18. Methods of Persuasion
19. Special-Occasion Speaking
20. Group Communication
21. Civic Engagement

Appendix A: Speech Choices Outline and Full-Length Speech
Appendix B: Additional Sample Speeches

Product Updates

New: Achieve for Speak Up! sets a new standard for driving student learning in your public speaking course with powerful learning content, engaging activities, and actionable insights and analytics. Achieve brings together an interactive e-textbook, speech videos, LearningCurve adaptive quizzing and other assessments, learning activities, and extensive instructor resources–all within a new, enhanced technology platform carefully built over the past five years.

A revised Chapter 15 (Mediated Public Speaking) prepares students to thrive in an age of virtual presentations. New and updated topics include the pandemic’s influence on mediated communication, videoconferencing fatigue, interactive features of videoconferencing technology, vocal variety, eye contact, and other tips for connecting with audience members.

An increased emphasis on diverse perspectives, images, and experiences helps students see themselves in the text. Discussions explore topics including gender identity, disability and audience demographics, the singular “they,” and neurodiversity and nonverbal delivery, while vibrant new images representing diverse people and experiences are integrated throughout.

New speeches and videos address timely topics. The sixth edition includes the full text of Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky’s compelling 2022 address to the U.S. Congress, as well as a new community engagement-focused persuasive speech discussing banned books and the role of school libraries. Both speeches are available fully annotated in the text and in video form on Achieve.

Complete Coverage, Innovative Approach. Unrivaled student support for the many stages of speech-making.

Bursting with an array of speechmaking strategies that students can use to inform their own speech choices, Speak Up! covers key concepts and theories in a concise and approachable way that makes the material concrete, understandable, and easily applied to diverse settings and assignments. With an extensive system of built-in supports that includes compelling real-life examples, clear models, and unique photos and illustrations designed to make concepts memorable, Speak Up! equips students with the tools they need to relax, embrace the speech building process, and find their authentic voices as public speakers–both inside and outside of the classroom.

The new Achieve courseware for Speak Up! sets the standard for driving student learning in your public speaking course with powerful learning content, engaging activities, and actionable insights and analytics. Achieve brings together an interactive e-textbook, speech videos, LearningCurve adaptive quizzing and other assessments, learning activities, and extensive instructor resources–all within a new, enhanced technology platform carefully built over the past five years.

This sixth edition spotlights a wide variety of resources designed to support successful speechmaking, including fully revised coverage of speaking online and civic engagement; new annotated speeches that include Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky’s compelling 2022 address to the U.S. Congress and a sample persuasive speech on banned books; new full-color photographs that spotlight real people in real public speaking situations; an increased emphasis on diverse perspectives, images, and experiences that help students see themselves in the text; and cutting edge examples on timely topics, from the creator economy to robot pets.

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