character

(noun)

Moral strength; consistency of values and principles.

Examples of character in the following topics:

  • Building Credibility

    • Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.
    • You can not dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.
    • Greek philosopher Heraclitus's famous maxim, "Character is destiny," has echoed through the ages: if you want to win the audience's trust, you must demonstrate that you are a person of character.
    • Froude takes the colloquial idea of "building character" one step further, leading us to imagine a laborious undertaking in a blacksmith's forge, shaping "character" with a hammer.
    • List ways to display personal character in order to build credibility with an audience

  • Build Credibility

    • Logos is the logical development of the message, pathos is the emotional appeals employed by the speaker, and ethos is the moral character of the speaker as perceived by the audience.
    • Our focus on credibility relates to ethos, the ethical character and competence of the speaker.
    • If you communicate sincerely and honestly with the audience, you will enhance the perception of your character.

  • Persuasive Speeches

    • An appeal to ethos is used to show the character of the speaker and make him/her more credible.

  • Defining a Successful Delivery

    • The speaker is obligated to be a person of good character and speak the truth.
    • It comes from the Greek word "ethos," which means "character".
    • Not only must the speaker deliver the speech well but he/she must be a person of good character.

  • The Remembering Stage

    • In listening to a lecture about the symptoms of depression, for example, a listener might make a connection to the description of a character in a novel that she read years before.

  • Personification

    • A simple way to think about personification is to consider the characters of some of your favorite Saturday morning cartoons: Donald Duck, Mickey and Minnie Mouse, or the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

  • Ethical Usage

  • History of Public Speaking

    • Plato (429-347 BCE) wrote about rhetoric in the form of dialogues with Socrates as the main character.
    • Aristotle divided the "means of persuasion" into three parts, or three artistic proofs, necessary to persuade others: logical reason (logos), human character (ethos), and emotional appeal (pathos).

  • Successful Rehearsing Habits: Mimic Timing and Context

    • As a speaker you start with nothing but your idea or thesis to create and deliver your own message, whereas a mime re-creates the character and dialog that someone else invented.

  • Matching Personal Style

    • Make sure your character comes through.