Types of imagery - comparison (simile, metaphor, allusion), contrast (oxymoron, antithesis, irony), and exaggeration (hyperbole, understatement)
- Simile - comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"
- Metaphor - comparing two unlike things without using "like" or "as"
- Allusion - reference to a well-known person, place, thing, or idea
- Oxymoron - places opposite words directly beside one another
- Antithesis - uses contrasting ideas together
- Irony - words that imply the opposite of what they say
- Hyperbole - exaggeration of the facts
- Understatement - opposite of a hyperbole
Introductory techniques - question, reference, quotation, short story, shocking statement Methods of delivering a speech
- Manuscript - reading word for word (verbatim) from a prepared speech
- Memorized - reciting each word of a speech
- Extemporaneous - using an outline and notes to deliver a speech
- Impromptu - speaking "off the cuff", completely on the spot
Monotone - speaking at the same rate and tone Inflection - changes in pitch or tone Visual aids - can help a speech since sight is our most dominate sense
- Maps - shows spatial relationships
- Diagrams - helps explain a process
- Graphs - shows statistical data
- Model - scaled down version of something
- Cut-away - shows the inside details of something
- Handouts - should be passed out at the end of a speech so the audience won't be distracted
- Chalkboard - very flexible source, but be sure not to turn your back on the audience
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