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DEvICES TO USE WHEN SPEAKING
The following devices can be used to communicate your ideas more effectively:
• Pauses
• Rhetorical questions
• emphasis and volume
• analogies
• Repetition
• Tempo
• Inclusive/exclusive pronouns
PAUSES
a pause is a useful way of emphasising a certain point. It also helps your audience by giving them time to process the information. Pauses can also help create anticipation and suspense. The audience will pay more attention as they will be curious to hear what you are going to say next.
RHETORICAL QUESTIONS
a rhetorical question is when you ask a question but you don’t expect an answer – the answer is obvious to the speaker and the audience. This is a way of encouraging your audience to agree with you.
EMPHASIS AND vOLUME
There are different ways in which you can emphasise a point, for example:
• Saying a certain word or phrase in a slightly exaggerated tone
• Pausing to emphasise a point
• Gesturing
• using volume to emphasise an important point or word
always avoid speaking in a monotone (i.e. with no change in pitch or intonation).
ANALOGIES
an analogy is when a speaker compares the concept he (or she) is explaining with something simple that the audience can relate to. This helps the audience understand the content more clearly and easily.
