Slide 1:

How would you feel if you were sitting in the audience listening to a speech, and the speaker was
shouting at you the whole time? You might feel like leaving the presentation early to avoid being yelled
at any more! Or what if the speaker was so quiet that you couldn’t hear a word they had to say? You’ll
find yourself reaching for your phone, looking for a distraction until the whispering speaker was done.

Maintaining the proper volume is important. But how do you know exactly what volume is right?

The answer to that question: you want to be loud enough for everyone to hear you, but not too loud
that you make your audience uncomfortable.

Adding emphasis and softening is a way to show your listener that focuses words or ideas you present

Slide 2:

It’s easy to emphasize important points in the written word. For example, if I want you to pay attention
to something I’m writing I can underline it. I can also bold it, and I CAN ALL CAP IT. Making points in the
spoken word is a bit more challenging. There are 2 ways you can follow.

Let me show you an example

You need to pronounce the auxiliary verb with stress

If you have a sentence in the present simple or past simple, and you want to add emphasis with most
verbs you can add an auxiliary verb: do, does, did to make ur idea sound stronger

Slide 3

when someone whispers or talks softly we naturally want to listen to what they have to say because we
think it’s an important secret.

If you talk softly and bring down the tone of your voice, bring it down to a soft whisper then you can
really pull people in and engage them.