Choosing Powerful Words: Eloquence That Works (Part of the Essence of Public Speaking Series)

By Ronald H. Carpenter and Carla Daves

Book Overview

Under the influence of the media, it is easy to forget the tremendous impact of the speaker on an audience. Today's media enables speakers who once addressed hundreds in auditoriums to increase their... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0205271243
• ISBN13: 9780205271245
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 5.5" x 0.8"

Customer Reviews

Great Book

This is a great book. I purchased this book for Dr. Carpeneter's class at the University of Florida and I can attest that he knows his material. Whether you're using this book for simple toasts, business meetings, or public addresses, it will most certainly sharpen the stylistic content of your message.

My Ears Are In Ecstasy.

Great Wine makers provide pleasure to the palate, but my ears are in ecstasy thanks to Carpenter. If you are like me I did not understand antitheses, metaphors, point and counterpoint. I just enjoyed these techniques in a great speaker. Now I know how to add these great tools to my speeches and communications. This book opened up areas of speech writing I did not know existed. Having written thousands of pages of business reports I can't go back and do it over, but within hours I was applying these excellent new tools.