Part One: The Foundations of Public Speaking   Chapter 1: Discovering Your Voice   Chapter 2: Understand and Managing Your Fear of Speaking   Chapter 3: Preparing, Practicing and Presenting Your First Speech  Chapter 4: The importance of listening   Part Two: Preparation for Public Speaking   Chapter 5: Understanding Your Audience and the Occasion  Chapter 6: Selecting Your Topic   Chapter 7: Building Responsible Knowledge   Chapter 8: Supporting Your Ideas   Chapter 9: Developing and Structuring Your Speech    Part Three: Developing Presentation Skills   Chapter 10: Presentation Aids   Chapter 11: Putting Words to Work   Chapter 12: Delivering Your Speech    Part Four: Types of Public Speaking  Chapter 13: Enlightening Discourse   Chapter 14: Convincing Discourse Chapter 15: Persuasion in Controversy   Chapter 16: Ceremonial Speaking on Special Occasions   Appendix A: Communicating in Small Groups   Appendix B: Speeches for Analysis