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47 Articles match "Example","Rhetoric"
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Luckily, when it comes to presentation advice, examples of brilliance aren't hard to find: KATE PETERS , in Who Let the Frogs Out , shares practical remedies to deal with the voice that tickles, tremors or croaks during a presentation, just when you're about to make your most important point. MARION CHAPSAL gives us a fabulous example of how to make a presentation memorable as she blends advice from the great rhetoric master, Cicero, with the metaphor of a cooking recipe in Cooking Recipe: Presentation a la Cicero . JOHN ZIMMER warns us to Make No Apologies in our presentations for
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010
0160; Take the sad example of Toyota,
whose Principle VII:
Authenticity and charisma in content require self-revelation in this
confessional confessional age . 0160;
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Thursday, February 11, 2010
Persuasive rhetoric passes the test of four critical questions: Is it articulate? you’re on the receiving end of rhetoric, listen closely for clarity.
Articulateness for example, that he supports our troops, ask yourself, What’s the
alternative? the case, Principle V:
0160; Is there a real alternative?
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Thursday, February 11, 2010
Persuasive rhetoric passes the test of four critical questions: Is it articulate? you’re on the receiving end of rhetoric, listen closely for clarity.
Articulateness for example, that he supports our troops, ask yourself, What’s the
alternative? the case, Principle V:
0160; Is there a real alternative?
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Persuasive rhetoric deals in stories, facts, and tropes
We say the United States is “wooing” North Korea, for example, or
the Tropes are the final arrows in your rhetorical quiver.
They They are the rhetorical devices that people notice most quickly, such as metaphors
and Principle IV:
Stories, facts, and tropes are your tools for building
effective,
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Thursday, September 3, 2009
Follow rhetorical principles and you can create your own quotable soundbite.
Then he coached Anne Brennan, a woman with no speaking experience whatsoever, to win a standing ovation at the Liberal Democratic Party annual conference by using rhetorical techniques. Overnight, Max became an in-demand presentation coach and eventually left academic life to teach rhetorical presenting techniques to business people. Max Atkinson claims there’s no magic to it. There’s no need to go to a quote book.
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Thursday, September 17, 2009
Let’s look at the direct and rhetorical question to see how these tools can help you keep your audience engaged.
Here are some examples of direct questions you can ask to prompt audience participation:
· “I’m curious, what are your thoughts on this?”
· “I’m wondering, what would happen if…”
· “What comments would you like to add?”
· “What questions do you have for me?”
· “How does this information fit in with your current plan?”
· “How do you think this
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010
0160; Take the sad example of Toyota,
whose Principle VII:
Authenticity and charisma in content require self-revelation in this
confessional confessional age . 0160;
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
You can find many of these speeches on the American Rhetoric website.
LBJ was not known as an effective speaker, but his speech to Congress in March of 1965 is a great example of how a well-written speech can compensate for a less-than-stellar speaker.
Tags: Opinion Political Speeches Presentation Skills Public Speaking Rhetorical Devices Scripting Your Speech Speech Writin I’ve often said that one of the best ways to get better at writing speeches is to read and listen to successful speeches of the past. I
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Sunday, September 21, 2008
Here are the examples OTM quotes from women speakers in the current campaign: Sarah Palin: In politics, there are some candidates who use change to promote their careers. The interview notes a danger for Clinton's use of the form in the above example, as she was criticizing her opponent for fine public speaking...and and using an elaborate rhetorical device to do so. Since when are figures of speech hot? Public radio's show On The Media says the antimetabole (pronounced an-tee-meh-TAB-oh-lee) is the hottest figure of speech in this year's election campaign.
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Here are two examples:
Epistrophe
Here’s Hillary again some years later and still using great rhetorical technique:
“If Tags: Examples of Powerful Speakers Anaphora cadence Epistrophe Hillary Clinton Music repetition rhetori 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.
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Friday, June 5, 2009
Obama’s elegant and sweeping rhetoric talked about openness, listening, and peace. 0160; While he occasionally got the gesture right -- as for example when he talked about the overlap in views between Muslim and Christian he overlapped his hands quite naturally – most of the time, he used his characteristic and prissy thumb-and-forefinger gesture. 0160; For example, when he called for people around the world to “say openly to each other the things we hold in our hearts,” Every communication is two conversations, the content and the body language. 0160;
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Thursday, June 4, 2009
lot of the time tautology is attributed to rhetoric, but I don’t believe it’s exclusive to rhetorical speeches.
Some examples of tautology are as follows: “free gift”, a gift by definition is something that is given without charge, and then there are word combinations such as “added bonus” and “suddenly without warning”.
Further examples of intentional repetition can be found in my article on rhetorical devices used by President Obama amongst You’ve probably heard the expression “great speeches aren’t written, they’re re-written”. It’s a clichéd expression
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