Language Techniques 1
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To persuade, influence or encourage listener to agree with the speaker's views, ideas and opinions.
What is the main purpose of a speech?
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Repetition, Repetition, and repetition.
What do speakers often use?
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'You'.
What is the 'second person'?
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Quotations.
What do speechmakers some include from other sources in their speeches?
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They are often pleasant to the ear.
How are words that rhyme or sound similar effective?
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Content or subject matter that is deliberately provocative and emotive.
What will a good speech describe or refer to?
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It adds impact and drama.
What do rhetorical questions add to a speech?
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'We' or 'Us'.
What is the first person plural?
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A link that will be forged between the speaker and the listener.
What would the use of quotations in a speech hope to create?
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Figurative Language.
What do skilled orators use to add interest, impact and drama to a speech?
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When information is provided in a list of three things.
What is 'The Rule of Three'?
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Their use of language.
What are speechmakers precise in?
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'They' or 'Them'.
What is the 'Third Person' plural?
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Repeating the initial consonant of a group of words for aural effect.
What is Alliteration?
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Describing two unrelated things using direct comparison.
What is a metaphor used for?
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One event/ person/ thing with another to add impact and emphasis to their views.
What does a great speech often compare and contrast?
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Powerful, dramatic and highly emotive language.
What does a speechmaker's vocabulary consist of?
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Positive, Pleasant words.
What do orators use to get the audience on their side?
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Repetition of vowel sounds.
What is Assonance?
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Describing two unrelated things or ideas using the words 'as' or 'like'.
What is a simile used for?
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The past, the present and the future.
What gives speeches and excellent structure?
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'I' or 'me'.
What is 'the first person'?
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By using exaggeration.
How do speechmakers try to impress or persuade?
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Where the words used sound like the thing or concept being described.
What is Onomatopoeia?
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Giving human qualities to non-human or in-animate objects and things.
What is personification used for?
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