Speech Delivery Help
Target Area Links and Videos
Commitment How committed are you to your topic? Do you have a fear of commitment? |
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Crescendo / Decrescendo
How often do you gradually increase and descrease your volume for effect? CR |
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Distracters How frequently do you avoid distracting habits such as shifting weight, tapping, "praying hands," teeth-sucking, etc.? . DI |
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Elongation How well do you stretch out words for effect? |
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Emotion How passionate are you when appropriate? |
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Eye Contact How well do you sustain sufficient "sweeping" eye contact to connect with your audience? . E.C. |
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Facial Expressions How expressive are your eyebrows and smiles (when appropriate)? Did they establish a connection with the audience? . F.E. |
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Gestures How naturally and well-timed are your use of hands and forearms? Do they enhance aspects of the speech? . GE |
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Intonation (or inflection) How regularly and appropriately do you vary the pitch of your voice? http://www.therapytimes.com/content=6201J6484896BE841 . IN |
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Poise How relaxed and confident do you appear? The link below addresses how to conquer FEAR of public speaking and how to RELAX. . POI |
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Posture How well do you use open posture and avoid defensive, closed body language? |
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Punch
How frequently do you give important words extra volume for emphasis? PU |
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Rate How well did you speak slowly or quickly when appropriate? |
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Preparation and Rehearsal What did you do to prepare before your speech? If you are unprepared and are bouncing around all over the place, think of how your audience will feel. |
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Up-Speak How often do you avoid interrogative inflection when making declarative statements? (Sometimes called "uptalk" or "high- rise-terminals.") . U.S. |
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Vocal Fry
How well do you avoid dropping the pitch and volume of your voice causing a "creaking" sound? VF |
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ADDITIONAL HELP... . .
Tongue Twisters: Practice these knotty phrases to help you articulate (enunciate) your words more precisely when you speak. Categorized by sound and letter. . http://thinks.com/words/tonguetwisters.htm
See and hear the organs of speech work together to create phonetically accurate enunciation. (Click on the English Library link to start the tutorial.) . http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/about.html#
How to transform your FEAR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING into your greatest strength. . http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/zimmer5.html
Don't fall into "verbal slouchery" when you speak... . http://ronaldbrucemeyer.com/archive/sloucher.htm
Four-hundred-and-two more tongue twisters... http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/en.htm
Review the details of enunciation here. (Note: They are called "stops" "plosives".) http://www.ic.arizona.edu/~lsp/Phonetics/ConsonantsII/Phonetics3b.html
The eyes are the window into the soul. That was the main idea in this whole article. The article explained how certain types of eye contact translate into either positive or negative body language. The advice was helpful, and can be applied to both social events and presentations. (c) Lauren E., 2009 More on eye contact...
This website contains information on why proper inflection is important, how to use your voice properly, and tips on how to perfect the art of proper inflection and speaking out loud to an audience. (c) Morgan M., 2009 More on inflection...
One theme of theme the theme most theme important theme things theme in theme writing theme a theme speech theme is theme to theme choose theme a theme theme theme. My theme is about themes. You could probably tell. A speech without a theme is a jumbled mess that doesn't make any sense, just like what I've made. Also, I like ducks. (c) Joe S., 2009 More on theme...
Tongue Twisters: Practice these knotty phrases to help you articulate (enunciate) your words more precisely when you speak. Categorized by sound and letter. . http://thinks.com/words/tonguetwisters.htm
See and hear the organs of speech work together to create phonetically accurate enunciation. (Click on the English Library link to start the tutorial.) . http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/about.html#
How to transform your FEAR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING into your greatest strength. . http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/zimmer5.html
Don't fall into "verbal slouchery" when you speak... . http://ronaldbrucemeyer.com/archive/sloucher.htm
Four-hundred-and-two more tongue twisters... http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/en.htm
Review the details of enunciation here. (Note: They are called "stops" "plosives".) http://www.ic.arizona.edu/~lsp/Phonetics/ConsonantsII/Phonetics3b.html
The eyes are the window into the soul. That was the main idea in this whole article. The article explained how certain types of eye contact translate into either positive or negative body language. The advice was helpful, and can be applied to both social events and presentations. (c) Lauren E., 2009 More on eye contact...
This website contains information on why proper inflection is important, how to use your voice properly, and tips on how to perfect the art of proper inflection and speaking out loud to an audience. (c) Morgan M., 2009 More on inflection...
One theme of theme the theme most theme important theme things theme in theme writing theme a theme speech theme is theme to theme choose theme a theme theme theme. My theme is about themes. You could probably tell. A speech without a theme is a jumbled mess that doesn't make any sense, just like what I've made. Also, I like ducks. (c) Joe S., 2009 More on theme...
TARGET AREAS
Enunciation: How precisely did the speaker say the individual sounds in his or her words? En
Connection: How effectively did the speaker connect with the audience overall? . Cx
"Distracters": How frequently did the speaker avoid distracting habits such as shifting weight, tapping, "praying hands," teeth-sucking, etc.? . Di
Diction: How precisely did the speaker choose specific words for effect? . Dic
Eye Contact: How well did the speaker sustain sufficient "sweeping" eye contact to connect with the audience? . E.C.
Facial Expressions: How expressive were the speaker's eyebrows and smiles (when appropriate)? Did they establish a connection with the audience? . F.E.
Gestures: How naturally and well-timed were the speaker's use of the hands and forearms to enhance aspects of the speech? . Ge
Inflection (or intonation): How regularly and appropriately did the reader vary the pitch of his or her voice? http://www.therapytimes.com/content=6201J6484896BE841 . In
P.P. Pregnant Pauses: How natural were the speaker's use of pauses for effect? . P.P.
Poise: How relaxed and confident did the speaker appear? The link below addresses how to conquer FEAR of public speaking and how to RELAX. . Poi
Projection: How well did the speaker make him or herself heard across the room by "punching" important words? . Pr
Style: How well did the speaker vary sentence constructions and sentence length? . st
Up-speak: How often did the speaker avoid interrogative inflection when making declarative statements? (Sometimes called "uptalk" or "high- rise-terminals.") . U.S.
Verbal Non-Fluencies: How well did the speaker avoid "ums" and "uhs"? . V.N.F.
Enunciation: How precisely did the speaker say the individual sounds in his or her words? En
Connection: How effectively did the speaker connect with the audience overall? . Cx
"Distracters": How frequently did the speaker avoid distracting habits such as shifting weight, tapping, "praying hands," teeth-sucking, etc.? . Di
Diction: How precisely did the speaker choose specific words for effect? . Dic
Eye Contact: How well did the speaker sustain sufficient "sweeping" eye contact to connect with the audience? . E.C.
Facial Expressions: How expressive were the speaker's eyebrows and smiles (when appropriate)? Did they establish a connection with the audience? . F.E.
Gestures: How naturally and well-timed were the speaker's use of the hands and forearms to enhance aspects of the speech? . Ge
Inflection (or intonation): How regularly and appropriately did the reader vary the pitch of his or her voice? http://www.therapytimes.com/content=6201J6484896BE841 . In
P.P. Pregnant Pauses: How natural were the speaker's use of pauses for effect? . P.P.
Poise: How relaxed and confident did the speaker appear? The link below addresses how to conquer FEAR of public speaking and how to RELAX. . Poi
Projection: How well did the speaker make him or herself heard across the room by "punching" important words? . Pr
Style: How well did the speaker vary sentence constructions and sentence length? . st
Up-speak: How often did the speaker avoid interrogative inflection when making declarative statements? (Sometimes called "uptalk" or "high- rise-terminals.") . U.S.
Verbal Non-Fluencies: How well did the speaker avoid "ums" and "uhs"? . V.N.F.