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Why was the proprietor of a small trucking business's speech better received by the audience than the Doctor of Philosophy?
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His talks were definite, concrete, & picturesque.
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What is the first way to develop speech material that guarantees audience attention?
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Limit your subject
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When should you attempt to limit your speaking subject?
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Once you have selected your topic
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What is the second way to develop speech material that guarantees audience attention?
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Develop reserve power
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After you have narrowed your subject, the next step is to do what?
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Ask yourself questions that will deepen your understanding & prepare you talk with authority
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A surgeon gave great advice that relates to speaking. Carnegie applies this by stating that you should always prepare so that you are ready for what?
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an emergency
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What is meant by having your subconscious mind work for you?
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Time ordinarily spent in reverie while you are driving home, waiting for the bus, etc.. can be devoted to thinking of your subject
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Norman Thomas suggests that if a speech is to be of any importance at all, what must the speaker do?
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The speaker should live with the theme or message, turning it over and over in his head
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While going through the thinking process, should you write out your talk word for word? Why?
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No.
Once you have set a pattern, you are likely to be satisfied with it & you may cease to give any more constructive thought |
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Where does Charles Kettering prefer to write his talks?
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On his audience's minds and on their emotions
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What is the third way to develop speech material that guarantees audience attention?
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Fill your talk with illustrations and examples
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What does Norman Vincent Peale say is the finest way to make an idea clear, interesting, and persuasive?
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the true example
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What are the five ways to fill your talk with illustrative material?
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Humanize
Personalize Specify Dramatize Visualize |
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What is the richest source of human interest material?
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your own background
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When is the only time an audience objects to hearing a person talk about himself?
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When he does it in an offensive, egotistical way
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What should you use when telling stories that involve others?
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Use their names
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What is the 5-W formula in being specific?
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When, where, who, what & why
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What will happen if you talk with too much detail?
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Your audience will not give you their complete attention
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Dramatize your talk by using what?
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dialogue
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What type of conversation should you use when dialogue is part of your speech?
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Direct quotation
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How should you visualize?
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By demonstrating what you are talking about
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What is the fourth way to develop speech material that guarantees audience attention?
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Use concrete, familiar words that create pictures
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The speaker who is easy to listen to is the one who does what?
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Sets images floating before your eyes
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The great writers, Homer, Dante, and Shakespeare are effective because they do what?
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Deal in particulars and report details that matter. Their words call up pictures
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