HSS 2102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Impromptu Speaking, Master Sergeant
9 Dec 2016
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Speaking style: how you use vocabulary, sentence structure and length, grammar and syntax, and language devices to express a message; effective speakers find the speaking style(s) that suit them best. Clear style clarity always comes first; short, simple, and direct words and phrases; active verbs, concrete words, and plain language. Oral style short, familiar words, simple, even incomplete sentences; more person pronouns (i, you, we, our, me, yours), (cid:272)o(cid:374)tra(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s of (cid:449)ords (cid:894)i(cid:859)(cid:373)(cid:895) and colloquial expressions; i. e person doing cooking demonstration. Alliteration: series of words with same sound; clinking, clanking, clattering collection of caliginous junk repetition can drive home an idea and provoke action; (cid:858)i ha(cid:448)e a drea(cid:373)(cid:859) (cid:894)9(cid:454)(cid:895) Martin luther king jr: metaphors: stimulate audience members to find the meaning for themselves; most powerful figure of speech window into the workings of the human mind. Art is a rebellious child, a wild animal that will not be tamed isabel allende.
