respond emotionally to the message; while

picking up the tempo can enliven the listeners

ENGLISH (1st Quarterly) or convey the urgency of certain points of the
message
f. Proper phrasing or blending of words can add rhythm and
UNDERSTANDING clarity to spoken communication

VERBAL TECHNIQUES IN
PUBLIC SPEAKING INTENSIFIERS AND
The speaker’s main goal as communicator is to be
►
able to put his/her message across clearly and EMPHATIC TENSES
meaningfully to his/her listener or audience. ✓ INTENSIFIERS
► add emphasis or emotional expressing to
↻ PITCH another modifier
► quality of a sound governed by the rate of vibrations ► they belong to the class of adverbs or
producing it; the degree of highness or lowness of a tone adverbial phrases which are used to give more
↻ VOLUME information about a verb, adjective, adverb, or
► degree of loudness or the intensity of a sound
phrase
— “very”
↻ STRESS
That tie is very nice.
► degree of emphasis given a sound or syllable in
It is very cold here.
speech He was very angry when he heard the news.
↻ INTONATION — “at all” (negative expressions)
► rise and fall of the voice in speaking I don’t like that tie at all.
↻ RATE She didn’t notice him at all.
► how fast or slow a person speaks — “on earth” & “ever” (with wh-words)
↻ PHRASING Why on earth would I do that?
► another means to achieve the rhythm in your speech What did I ever see in her?
is breaking or dividing an utterance into breath units or
thought groups so terribly too uncommonly
absolutely extraordinarily somewhat amazingly
⇨ These verbal features are critical to the astoundingly frightfully supremely dreadfully
speaker because variation in these aspects of speech completely highly terrifically colossally
have significant effects. especially literally totally exceptionally
a. High or low pitch can indicate speech in the excessively moderately unusually extremely
emotional tone of the message
b. Varying the volume, or the loudness or softness
of the speaker’s voice can add color or interest to
the message being conveyed
c. Stress, or the degree of emphasis given to
certain sounds, words or phrases, can draw the
listener’s attention to the important points of the
message
d. Correct use of intonation, or variation in stress ✓ EMPHATIC TENSES
and pitch, can express different shades of emotion ► saying something forcibly and clearly
and meaning ► gives more stress on the expressions
⤿ There are 3 different sentences which use Emphatic
e. Pausing or slowing down the tempo or rate of expression:
speech can allow the listeners to absorb and — Simple Present Tense
He does attend the class regularly. (singular)
They do practice very hard every Saturday and Sunday.
(plural)
— Simple Past Tense
We did play a lot of Cricket last week.
— Imperative Sentences (command/order)
Do inform him about his last phone call.
Do write a letter to your mother tomorrow.
Indian workers do work hard (plural: do)
The cow does eat grass. (singular: does)
NONVERBAL STRATEGIES
↻ EYE CONTACT
► connects the speaker with the listeners, keeping the
latter interested and improving interaction with them
► shows that the speaker is paying attention, thus
making the audience feel important
► listeners can detect whether or not the speaker is
sincere
⤷ to maintain eye contact, an effective speaker does
not focus only on one member of the audience but
distributes his/her glances; doesn’t stare or glare; and
knows when to look away
⤷ when reading a written text, he/she knows when to
shift the eyes from the audience to the material being
read
↻ FACIAL EXPRESSION
► As such, our face cannot contour lots of emotions. A
slight rise of the eyebrows may indicate uncertainty or
the request for clarity of one’s statement.
► No one can resist a speaker who has a nice open
smile on his/her face during his/her speech, while seeing
a frown might discourage an audience from listening or
accepting the speaker’s idea
↻ HAND GESTURE
► an important contributor of life and color to one’s
speech delivery
► Speakers are not encouraged to always use hand pondered, weak and weary,
gestures to avoid boredom and cycle-like performance.
use hand gesture to air our audience’s understanding
topic.
↻ BODY MOVEMENT
► important nonverbal signals that can reveal feelings
and meanings to the audience
► an effective speaker doesn’t use the body randomly but
controls them to help put across the intended message
⤷ a speaker’s posture is a great indicator
whether the speaker is confident or otherwise
⤷ using space wisely can keep the audience interested
⤷ if you have room to move, making larger gestures, or
taking a few steps can serve to engage the audience
⇨ Facial expressions must be managed
well for the following reason:
a. If what being said and what is being communicated
through facial expressions do not coincide, the
speaker will be sending mixed signals that can
confuse the audience
SOUND DEVICES IN POETRY
✓ SOUND DEVICES
► sound refers to the musical quality of the poem
⤷ poets create sounds by employing different sound
devices
↻ ALLITERATION
► repeated letter sounds (usually consonants, but not
always)
► repetition of sounds
Example:
- Krispy Kreme - Dunkin Donuts
- PayPal - Coca-Cola
- Philip’s feet
ASSONANCE
► repetition of sounds in multiple words
► describes repeated vowel sounds in the middle of words with
different consonant end sound
Example:
“The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I
We a quaint and curious volume
Over many
of our lore...
of forgotten
CONSONANCE
► it can happen anywhere, especially at the end of a word
► when it happens at the end of the word along with assonance,
it’s a rhyme
Example:
“I saw a Chapel” by William Blake
I saw a chapel all of gold
That none did dare to enter in
And may weeping stood without
Weeping mourning worshipping
↻ ONOMATOPOEIA
► a word which imitates the natural sounds of a thing
► creates a sound effect that mimics the thing described, making
the description more expressive and interesting
Example:
- kaboom (explosion) - rustle (leaves)
- howl (wind) - hee-haw (donkey)