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Public Speaking COM 1301 - Coggle Diagram
Public Speaking COM 1301
4 Levels of Speech
Formal
Serious discussions and situations (Formal speeches, religious ceremonies, reports, official letters, etc...)
-Commence, terminate, mob, rich, apprehend, deleterious...
Informal
Informal language is used in everyday conversations (e-mails, personal letters). It is used when the speaker is speaking without preparation
-Start, end, crowd, loaded, arrest, ask, harmful...
Colloquial
Colloquial language is an informal language version of language used by ppl found in the same area in everyday conversation.
-Go nuts, gonna, wanna...
Slang
Informal water-down version of language that is used by social groups such as teens, it's always changing.
-Dude, shades...
Capitonyms:
A word who's meaning changes when capitalized
morocco : moroccan leather
china : porcelain
turkey : bird
titanic : huge
august : respected
reading : city
bill : price
Speeches
Introductions of speech
Start with a short story
Start with a quotation
Start with rhetorical question
Mapout arguments
Acknowledging what others said
Draw an analogy
Jump into the content
Start with facts
Conclusions of speech
Summary type conclusion
Link to the beginning
Call to action
American VS British words
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