Speech fundamentals

Speech Fundamentals is intended to be a beginning college level speech text. Building from that level it may be suitable for other levels of Speaking classes. It was started as a result of the instruction of Dr. Jeffrey Shires at Purdue University North Central in Communications 114 during the Spring 2005 Semester. I am personally using it in an informational speech regarding Wikimedia projects as a visual aid and interactive component.

## Chapters in Progress

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* Noted Contributors
* Speech Organization

## Chapters Needed

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Glossary

## Interactive Presentation Pages

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This is where you can mark a page for use in a speech you give. You can edit a page during a speech to demonstrate how a group of people can put together a tome of knowledge. Certain Restrictions on these pages apply. Please visit the IPP information page for more information. I am also unsure as to how well recieved this concept may or may not be. Discussion on the subject is welcomed and encouraged at IPP Talk Page.

## Standard Conventions for this Wikibook

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### Naming conventions

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Sub pages are to be added by using the Book/subpage method.

EX: [[Speech_Fundamentals/Page_Title]]

Wikibooks naming convention information and discussion: b:Naming_conventions b:Hierarchy_naming_scheme

### Conventions on Definitions of words

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* If you wish to define a word that is not speech related and does not belong to the glossary, please use the definition from the [1].
* I am unsure as to whether we should define words in the text as you would in a print book or not. I would say we should because at some point this text may be used in print form. On the other hand not defining words in-text and simply providing links to definitions would make entries shorter and easier to read.

-Arckanghel 03:02, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)

## Help for Contributers

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Helpful links for contributing Speech Fundamentals:

* The easy instructions for starting a new page are detailed here.
* You can always start a new page by clicking a red link.
* Information on editing a page and using Wiki Markup can be found here.
* To discuss the content of a page please use the associated "talk" page that is attached to each page.

Founded March 30, 2005.