Tongue-tied America : reviving the art of verbal persuasion

Tongue-tied America : reviving the art of verbal persuasion /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sayler, Robert N.
Other Authors: Shadel, Molly Bishop, 1969-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Austin [Tex.] : New York : Wolters Kluwer Law & Business ; Aspen Publishers, [2011]
Subjects:
Communication in law > United States.
Trial practice > United States.
English language > Rhetoric.
Persuasion (Rhetoric)
Public speaking.
Communication in law.
Trial practice.
English language.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Our case : the abiding importance of speech
  • The canons of persuasion
  • The rainbow of rhetorical formats
  • Writing the spoken word
  • Hallmarks of distinguished delivery : bringing a speech to life
  • Tools of the trade : voice and breath
  • Using visual aids
  • Gender and persuasion
  • Generational issues
  • To sum it up : checklists on the good, the bad, and the ugly
  • Rhetoric in court
  • Oral communications in the workplace
  • The effects of technology on communications skills
  • The rhetoric of presidential campaigns
  • Rhetoric gone haywire
  • Rhetoric of the greatest speeches.

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