Writing style
Academic · Direct · Technical
The Art of Public Speaking
Self-help
- First published
- 1998
- Print length
- 382 pagesMcGraw-Hill, 2011
Description
Stephen E. Lucas’s The Art of Public Speaking is an introductory guide to preparing and delivering speeches. It leads students through the major stages of the process, including choosing and researching a topic, analyzing an audience, organizing ideas, supporting claims, and using clear language. It also addresses delivery, visual aids, informative speaking, persuasive speaking, and the responsible use of evidence. Written for classroom study, the book combines explanations with examples and opportunities for practice. Its central approach treats public speaking as a learnable discipline: effective speakers develop confidence by planning carefully, adapting to listeners, rehearsing, and communicating ideas with clarity and ethical awareness.
Reading profile
About this profile
Collected’s assessment, not reader ratings. Complexity runs from 1 (least demanding) to 5 (most demanding).
- Writing
- How much attention the sentences and language require.
- Ideas
- How much interpretation or abstract reasoning the book asks of you.
- Structure
- How much you need to keep track of speakers, timelines and connections.
- Background knowledge
- Prior knowledge needed to follow the book, beyond what it explains.
- Emotional intensity
- Emotional pressure, from gentle (1) to intense (5). Separate from difficulty.
Pace
Moderate
Tone
Earnest · Hopeful
Structure
Reference
Focus
Ideas · Information
Emotional intensity
1 / 5
Reading complexity
1–5 · higher means more demanding- Writing
- 2 / 5
- Ideas
- 3 / 5
- Structure
- 2 / 5
- Background knowledge
- 1 / 5
Themes
Book details
For the print edition listed above.
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780073406732
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