Reference to an Occasion, Event, or Time

• Occasion: special ones, like holidays and birthdays
• Event: sporting, concerts, parties, plays, festivals
• Time: "remember the time.." Personal or Historical

THANK YOU STATEMENTS

• People like to be thanked!
• People liked to be appreciated!
• Thank people!
• Thank you statements work well in speech conclusions

SUMMARIZING MAIN POINTS

• Essential facts
• Major points
• Paragraph = topic or clincher sentences
• Don't be redundant

USING SUSPENSE

• Give hints and clues, but not all info...
• Answer throughout...
• Tease audience...
• Be sure to give all info by end...
• Cliffhanger/Trailer

ISSUING A CHALLENGE OR CALL TO ACTION

• If you want someone to do something, ask!
• Challenge people!
• Call them to action!
• Be clear and specific about your request!

ASKING QUESTIONS

• Get audience thinking!
• Engage people
• If appropriate, let audience answer.
• Rhetorical ?s = need not answer them because its implied or obvious

USING STORIES

• Everyone loves a good story, so tell one!
• Some long and detailed...
• Some short and sweet...
• Anecdotes are tid bits

VOICE

• Person behind the work/writing
• Writer's personality and perspective
• Authentic, original, dynamic

CODE SWITCHING

• Change the way you act, speak, or write depending on where you are

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