One technique is called Anaphora, which is repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive sentences . Let’s use Hillary Clinton in her well known 1996 speech at the Democratic National Convention:   “To Epistrophe     Here’s Hillary again some years later and still using great rhetorical technique:   “If Crafting a great speech is like making music. In music, rhyme, rhythm, timing, pacing, and melodic repetition are essential for listeners to retain your message and sing or hum certain passages over and over again.

From her bio: She learned to walk on prosthetics, then to run -- competing at the national and international level as a champion sprinter, and setting world records at the 1996 Paralympics in Atlanta. In this talk, Mullins uses some of the techniques already noted from our top women speakers of today. Aimee Mullins is on our burgeoning list of today's top women speakers because reader Beth Schachter asked her friends for suggestions. Her fellow Toastmaster Merry Beekman came forward with Mullins, who has spoken twice at the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference, which

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