This document discusses the importance of gestures in public speaking. It defines different types of gestures including hand and arm movements, symbolic gestures to communicate words and ideas, descriptive gestures to help visualize concepts, and emotional gestures to convey feelings. Specific examples are given for different facial expressions and their meanings. Distractive gestures are also outlined. The document concludes with an activity where students must do a recorded two-minute public speaking presentation applying the gestures they learned, and will be evaluated based on criteria including familiarity with material, posture, delivery, message, and use of facial expressions and eye contact.