Traits Of Effective Speaking

Welcome to Speaking Welcome to Speaking 101101

What Good Speakers What Good Speakers Need to KnowNeed to Know

Welcome to Speaking Welcome to Speaking 101101

What Good Speakers What Good Speakers Need to KnowNeed to Know

ByByMrs. MilisMrs. Milis

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Traits of Effective Speaking

• Idea Development (explanations, demonstrations, illustrations, clarifications, definitions, elaborations)

• Organization (Intro, Body, Conclusion)• Voice (Pitch, Volume, Rate, Stress, Inflection)• Word Choice (emotional appeal- connotation

vs. denotation) • Body Language (para-language

matches/enhances content and purpose)• Conventions (oral grammar structures must

match written grammar structures ARTICULATE)

Know Your AudienceAsk yourself these

questions before writing

• Who is my audience?• What does my

audience know?• What do my audience

need to know?

Trying to Make all the Traits Work Together…• Can be a pretty

difficult balancing act!

Body Language

Word Choice

Voice

Idea Development

ConventionsOrganization

Know Your Exact Purpose

• Ask yourself: What am I trying to accomplish with this speech?

To entertain?To describe?To explain?To define?To persuade?To inform?

Your Purpose and Tone Should be Connected!

Tone comes from the words and examples you decide to choose to convey your purpose. In the words of Jennifer St. Julian, “You could change the meaning of an speech with just one word if you do it right.”

Ask yourself: What do I want my audience to know? How do I want my audience to feel? What do I want my audience to do?Then: Choose words and examples to carefully

achieve these writing objectives

Appropriate and Sufficient Content

Ask yourself:• Are my examples and details

suited to this particular purpose and audience? Did I provide enough information?

• Do I know enough about my topic?• How can I find out what I don’t

know?

What is Quality Public speaking?

• Quality Speech is clear and interesting to its particular audience.

• Quality Speech successfully achieves its purposes.