VISUAL AIDS

• Eye catchers focus the audience
• V.A.s enliven,enhance,emphasize!
• Make V.As big and bold, so people can see
• Don't pass V.A around

USING STORIES

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

USING SUSPENSE

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

FACTS AND STATS

• Facts:validate what you say or write
• Cite sources for even more credit
• Give your audience the numbers

SUMMARIZING MAIN POINTS

• Essential facts
• Major points
• Paragraph=topic or clincher sentence
• 5pp essay=thesis statement or estemente
• Don't be redundant

ISSUING A CHALLENGE OR CALL TO ACTION

• If you want someone to do same thing ASK!
• Challenge people
• Call them to action
• Be clear and specific about your request

MOTTOS AND MANTRAS

• Mottos and monras are words to live by
• Adage=wise sayings;proverbs
• Mottos and montras are good to have;they keep us focused

APPEAL TO SELF-INTEREST IN THE AUDIENCE

• Talk directly to people in the audience
• "You"
• Things that motivate:competition,love,fun,learning,choice,freedome

SONG LYRICS AND POETIC DEVICES

USING QUOTATIONS

• Quote the words of others word for word and use quotation marks..."
• He/she said
• Quote experts, friends, family, characters, etc

ASKING QUESTIONS

• Gets the audience thinking
• Engages people
• If appropriate let the audience answer
• Rhetorical?=need not answer them because it is implied or obvious

THANK YOU STATEMENTS

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

REFERENCE TO AN OCCASION, EVEN OR TIME

• Occasion: special ones,like holidays, birthdays
• Events:sporting, concert, parties, plays, festivals
• Time: "remember the time"...personal or historical

TRANSITIONS

• Transitions make language flow
• Transitions appear everywhere
• Transitions-words phrases even whole sentences

CODE SWITCHING

• Change the way you speak or write depending where you are and who you are with
• Consider audience and purpose
• Formal vs informal
• Professional vs personal
• School vs home

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

• Get familiar with the subject or topic
• Aquire knowledge
• What's the history?
• The scoop?
• He 411?