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Communicaton
Application
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What is Communication ?
 Communication is the
process of sharing
information by using
symbols to send and
receive messages.
 You communicate
when you share
thoughts, ideas, and
feels with others.
Interpersonal Communications
Communication
between two
or more people
What is Communication?
• Communication between
people always involves
sending and receiving a
message.
• A message consists of the
ideas and the feelings that
make up the content of
communication.
• The person who sends the
message is called the
Sender.
• The person who receives
the message is called the
Receiver.
FEEDBACK
To be effective,
Communications
must also include
feedback, a
return message.
SYMBOLS
 Messages are carried by
verbal and nonverbal
symbols.
 Verbal symbols are. . .
 words.
 Nonverbal symbols
symbols include. . .
 Gestures, facial
expressions, and sounds
such as laughter, clapping
hissing and whistling.
CHANNELS
 All messages are
transmitted through
channels, the means for
sending communication.
 Verbal - The channel is
sound waves.
 Nonverbal - The channel
can be sound waves, light
waves or the sense of
touch.
5 ELEMENTS OF
COMMUNICATION
1. Sender Receivers
2. Messages
3. Verbal &
Nonverbal
symbols
4. Channels
5. Feedback
Choosing your topic
Find a topic for your
speech by thinking about
subject areas, or general
categories that are
interesting and familiar
to you some common
subject areas are jobs
and careers, hobbies and
activities, first events,
current issues, places,
processes,and people.
ideas a for your topic
o Flipping through
Magazines and
Newspapers
o Skimming through an
Encyclopedia
o Interviewing others
o Brainstorming or quickly
listing possibilities
without stopping to
evaluate each one
o Surfing the Internet
o TV (TLC, Discovery, etc.)
Limiting your topic
Limit your topic
enough so that you
can cover it
effectively in one
speech. Focus on
specific aspects,
examples, parts,
uses or other
features of the
topic.
Knowing your Topic
• Your General Purpose is the Overall intent of your
speech. Not stated in complete sentence – normally only
two words. Speeches may be given for several different
general purposes, but primarily speeches are intended to
inform, to persuade, to entertain, or to suit a special
occasion.
• The Specific Purpose of a speech is its goal. Stated in
a complete sentence. If the general purpose of your speech
is to inform, then your specific purpose will be a statement
of the particular information you will present to the
audience to inform them.
Specific purpose
• The Specific Purpose
of a speech is its
goal, stated in a
complete sentence.
• The general purpose
will be a statement of
the particular
information you will
present to the
audience.
Four ways to state a
specific purpose
 Express the Specific Purpose As A Declarative Sentence. Remember
that your goal is to announce what your topic is and which of it’s
aspects you’ll discuss.
 State the Specific Purpose Precisely Always use an exacts number of
parts, steps, reasons, aspects, stages, etc. – These steps can go at the
beginning or the end of your sentence.
 Keep your thoughts to only one idea.
 Words that show your intent…
To inform- explain, show, tell, demonstrate, give, teach and inform.
To persuade- prove, motivate, convince, challenge and persuade. Don’t use
the same word over and over- use a different word with each specific
purpose statement.
Informative Specific Purpose Statement
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Subject: Sports
Topic: Basketball
Limited Topic: How to shoot a free-throw
Specific Purpose Statement: I will teach you
how to shoot a free throw using 3 easy
steps. (to inform – is your general purpose)
Persuasive Specific Purpose Statement
• Subject: Environment
• Topic: Pollution
• Limited Topic: water pollution in South
Texas
• Specific Purpose Statement: I am going to
give you 3 reasons that will convince you to
take better care of our lakes and coast in the
South Texas area. (to persuade – general
purpose)
Thesis Statements
• A thesis statement is a complete
sentence that expresses the speakers
most important idea, or key points,
about a topic. A thesis statement
guides the development of a speech.
Informative
• Specific purpose –
“I want to explain the
characteristics of
the six major
classifications of
show dogs.”
• Thesis Statement–
• Show dogs are
classified
according to their
characteristics as
hounds, terriers,
working dogs, toys,
sporting dog, and a
non sporting dog.
Persuasive
Specific purpose“I want to convince
the class that they
should read To Kill
A Mocking Bird.”
Thesis StatementTo Kill a Mocking Bird
is an excellent book
to read because it
features interesting
characteristics
thought provoking
issues and an
excellent plot.
Identifying a thesis statement for speeches
 The four main components of a computer are the CPU, the
disk drive, the keyboard, and the monitor.
T
 I want to explain the three major causes of Juvenile
Delinquency.
S
 I want to convince the class of the value of Vocational
Education.
S
 You should give the United Appeal because one gift helps
many charities.
T
 The powers of the Presidency are held in check by the
Legislative and Judicial branches of the government.
T
Supporting your thesis
statement
Types of details commonly used to
support a Thesis Statement:
oFacts
oOpinions
oExamples
oIllustrations
oAnecdotes
oStatistics
oComparisons
oDefinitions
oDescriptions
oQuotations