1 of 12

Slide Notes

DownloadGo Live

Writing Strategies

Published on Jan 20, 2016

No Description

View Outline

MORE DECKS TO EXPLORE

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

1.

USING SUSPENSE

  • Give hints and clues but not all info
  • Answer throughout
  • Tease audience
  • Give all info by the end
  • Cliffhangers
Photo by mckinney75402
2.

FACTS AND STATS

  • Facts: validate what you say or write
  • Cite sources for more credit
  • Stats: give audience numbers
Photo by jeremyfoo
3.

MOTTOS AND MANTRAS

  • Words to live by
  • Adages: wise sayings/proverbs
  • Mottos and mantras are good to have, they keep us focused
Photo by monkeyc.net
4.

REFERENCE AN OCCASION, EVENT, OR TIME

  • Occasion: special ones like holidays and birthdays
  • Events: sporting, concerts, parties, plays, festivals etc.
  • Time: "remember the time..." Personal or historical
Photo by Millzero Photography
5.

VISUAL AIDS

  • Eye catchers focus the audience
  • Enliven, enhance and emphasize
  • Make visual aids big and bold so people can see
  • Don't pass them around
Photo by ModernDope (old account)
6.

SONG LYRICS AND POETIC DEVICES

  • Quote a song or poem
  • Use rhythm and rhyme
  • Play with word puns: alliteration, assonance, simile, metaphor, repetition
Photo by latteda
7.

APPEAL TO SELF INTEREST OF AUDIENCE

  • Talk directly to audience
  • "You..."
  • Things that motivate = competition, love, fun, learning, choice, freedom
Photo by VinothChandar
8.

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
Photo by Clarkston SCAMP
9.

TRANSITIONS

  • Make language flow
  • Transitions appear everywhere
  • Transitions are words, phrases, even whole sentences
Photo by Steve A Johnson
10.

THANK YOU STATEMENTS

  • People like to be thanked
  • People like to feel appreciated
  • Thanks people
  • Thank you statements work well in speech conclusions
Photo by Lachlan Hardy
11.

USING QUOTATIONS

  • Quote the words of others word for word and use quotations
  • He/she said "..."
  • Quote experts, friends, family, cheaters etc.
Photo by Shari Alisha
12.

ASKING QUESTIONS

  • Get audience thinking
  • Engage people
  • If appropriate, let audience answer
  • Rhetorical questions don't need to be answered because the answer is obvious
  • L
Photo by ultraBobban

Sara Lloyd