Delivering Self-Composed Speech

Cards (8)

  • Speech
    The use of language in human vocal communication
    • It uses phonetic vowel consonant sound combinations
  • DIFFERENT DELIBERATE ACTS OF SPEECH:
    telling, announcing, questioning, persuading, and directing
  • TO EXPRESS MEANING IN SPEECH, YOU MAY USE:
    Enunciation, Intonation, Loudness, Tempo, and other non-representational or paralinguistic aspects of vocalization
  • THE STRUCTURE OF YOUR SPEECH:
    Opening
    Body
    Conlusion
  • Introduction
    A good balance between hype and contrast. Gets the audiences attention, clarify its importance, state a thesis statement, and outline the key points.
  • Body
    The central section of the speech in which the main ideas and key concepts of the speech are discussed. It is everything (except for the Introduction and Conclusion)
  • Conclusion
    Summarizes your main points and purpose while leaving a lasting impression on your audience
  • THE CONVENTIONS IN DELVERING A SPEECH:
    • Articulation - measure of perceived intellect or education (how well we articulate)
    • Pronunciation - proper articulation applied to a given word is that word's pronunciation
    • Accent, dialect, and regionalisms - subtleties in the way you pronounce words