HSS 2102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Exhalation, Impromptu Speaking

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HSS 2102
• Professor: Tien Nguyen

Document Summary

Language and delivery: the core language styles. Speaking style refers to how you use vocabulary, sentence structure and length, grammar and syntax, and language devices to express a message. Clear style: uses short, simple and direct words and phrases as well as active verbs, concrete words and plain language (ie. instructions from gps) Oral style: use short/familiar words, short/simple/incomplete sentences, and more personal pronouns (i, you, we, our, me, yours) and informal colloquial expressions (ie. cooking show demonstrations) Rhetorical style: use language designed to in uence, persuade and inspire (ie. motivational speech) Intense language (ie. disaster vs. mistake, wonderful vs. good) Metaphors: stimulate audience members to nd the meaning for themselves, are the most powerful. Gure to speech (windows into the workings of the human mind) Eloquent style: uses poetic and expressive language in a way that makes a speaker"s thoughts and feelings inspiring and memorable.