Module 3 - Dimensions of Public Speaking

Question 1

How could public speaking be used as an expression of one’s ideas and experiences? (3)

Answer 1

Public speaking as:

A Liberal Art
A Rhetorical Act
Agency of Transformation

Question 2

How can public speaking be a liberal art?

Answer 2

Excellent command of language liberates the speaker as well as the audience members from their own sentiments

Question 3

How can public speaking be a Rhetorical Act

Answer 3

This is because public speaking can be used as a way to persuade, inform, and convince

Question 4

According to Crick. ______ is the art of addressing pressing public concerns by employing deliberate persuasive strategies before a public audience at a specific occasion in order to transform some aspect of a problematic situation by encouraging new forms of thought and action

Answer 4

Rhetorical Public Speaking

Question 5

The definition of Rhetoric by Crick can be broken down into 7 parts, these are?

Answer 5

1. The art
2. Of addressing Public Concerns
3. By Employing deliberate persuasive strategies
4. before a public audience
5. at a specific occasion
6. in order to transform some aspect of a problematic situation
7. Encouraging new forms of thought and action

Question 6

How can public speaking be an agent of transformation?

Answer 6

It is a way for us to influence the minds of audiences and call them to action.

Question 7

According to Abad, what are the limitations of language?

Answer 7

Language is trapped in abstractions, arbitrary symbolisms?

Question 8

What must be used in order to set language free from it’s limitation according to Abad?

Answer 8

Imagination - weaves text by which the words are set free to evoke the truth or reality we seek.