How to use language？
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Parallelism can illustrated by seeing what happens when it is absent and create a strong emotional effect.
Repetition and Alliteration
Repetition means reiterating the same word or set of words at the beginning or end of successive clauses or sentences.
It can call up mental impressions of sight, sounds, touch, smell, and taste. And it can create images that pull us irresistibly into the speech.
Simile and Metaphor Simile is an explicit comparison , always contains the word ”like” or “as”.
Clearly
1. Listeners, unlike readers, cannot turn to a dictionary or reread an author’s words to discover their meaning. A speaker’s meaning must be immediately comprehensible; it may be so clear that there is no chance of misunderstanding.
It can always produces a neatly turned phrase, it is fine way to give your speeches a special touch of class.
Appropriately
1.Appropriateness to the occasion Language that is appropriate for some occasions may not be appropriate
Inclusively
Regardless of the situation,audiences expect public speakers to use inclusive language that is respectful of the different cultures and ethnic groups that make up the global community. They also expect speakers to avoid stereotypes based on age,race,gender,disability,andesis is the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, usually in parallel structure.
Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.
If not now, when? If not us, who? If not together, how?
Alliteration is repeating the initial consonant sound of close or adjoining words.
Peace is essential for progress, but progress is no less essential for peace.
Rhythm Parallelism is the similar arrangement of a pair or series of related words,
phrases, or sentences.
The battle is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
HOW TO USE LANGUAGE ?
Accurately Clearly Vividly Appropriately Inclusively
Accurately
a. Using language accurately is as vital to a speaker as using numbers accurately is to an accountant.
Metaphor is an implicit comparison, it does not contains the word ”like”
or ”as”.
Virtual, like a strong and hardy plant, takes root in any place.
Art is the torch of a nation’s spirit.
Often, a more graceful alternative is to pluralize. For example: More Effective: Whenever surgeons walk into the operating room they risk being sued for malpractice.
3.Appropriateness to the topic You can use two kinds of topics:The first topic calls for straightforward
description and explanation.The second calls for special language skills to evoke emotion,admiration,and appreciation.
These methods can build a strong cadence, and it can also unifies a sequence of ideas, emphasizes an idea by stating it more than once, and helps create a strong emotional effect.
These methods is an excellent way to bring color to a speech, to make abstract ideas concrete, to clarify the unknown, and to express feelings and emotions.
way to enhance the clarity of your speech.
We stand on a lonely, windswept point on the northern shore of France. The air is soft, but 40 years ago at this moment, the air was dense with smoke and the cries of men, and the air was filled with the crack of rifle fire and the roar of cannon.
Eg: Avoid the Generic "He" Ineffective: Each time a surgeon walks into the operating room, he risks being sued for malpractice. More Effective: Each time a surgeon walks into the operating room, he or she risks being sued for malpractice.
THANK YOU
b. M a n y w o r d s m e a n r o u g h l y t h e s a m e t h i n g , s u c h a s ‘victory’、’accomplishment’、’success’, they all mean a favorable outcome. But all of them have different shades of meaning. a. Accomplishment: something successful or impressive that is achieved after a lot of effort and hard work or the act of finishing or achieving something good. b. Victory: a situation in which you win a battle, game, election, or dispute. c. Success: when a business makes a lot of money, when someone achieves a high position in their job, on a course ,in a sport, in society.
4.Appropriateness to the speaker Every public speaker develops his or her own language style and there is a difference between one's everyday style and one's developed style as a public speaker.
for others.
2.Appropriateness to the audience It will help you greatly when dealing with technical topics、cultural topics、
choosing between formal and informal modes of address.
So you need to use familiar words, choose concrete words and eliminate clutter.
Vividly
Imagery
Concrete word: Choosing concrete words over abstract words is one
Repetition and Alliteration
Repetition means reiterating the same word or set of words at the beginning or end of successive clauses or sentences.
It can call up mental impressions of sight, sounds, touch, smell, and taste. And it can create images that pull us irresistibly into the speech.
Simile and Metaphor Simile is an explicit comparison , always contains the word ”like” or “as”.
Clearly
1. Listeners, unlike readers, cannot turn to a dictionary or reread an author’s words to discover their meaning. A speaker’s meaning must be immediately comprehensible; it may be so clear that there is no chance of misunderstanding.
It can always produces a neatly turned phrase, it is fine way to give your speeches a special touch of class.
Appropriately
1.Appropriateness to the occasion Language that is appropriate for some occasions may not be appropriate
Inclusively
Regardless of the situation,audiences expect public speakers to use inclusive language that is respectful of the different cultures and ethnic groups that make up the global community. They also expect speakers to avoid stereotypes based on age,race,gender,disability,andesis is the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, usually in parallel structure.
Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.
If not now, when? If not us, who? If not together, how?
Alliteration is repeating the initial consonant sound of close or adjoining words.
Peace is essential for progress, but progress is no less essential for peace.
Rhythm Parallelism is the similar arrangement of a pair or series of related words,
phrases, or sentences.
The battle is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
HOW TO USE LANGUAGE ?
Accurately Clearly Vividly Appropriately Inclusively
Accurately
a. Using language accurately is as vital to a speaker as using numbers accurately is to an accountant.
Metaphor is an implicit comparison, it does not contains the word ”like”
or ”as”.
Virtual, like a strong and hardy plant, takes root in any place.
Art is the torch of a nation’s spirit.
Often, a more graceful alternative is to pluralize. For example: More Effective: Whenever surgeons walk into the operating room they risk being sued for malpractice.
3.Appropriateness to the topic You can use two kinds of topics:The first topic calls for straightforward
description and explanation.The second calls for special language skills to evoke emotion,admiration,and appreciation.
These methods can build a strong cadence, and it can also unifies a sequence of ideas, emphasizes an idea by stating it more than once, and helps create a strong emotional effect.
These methods is an excellent way to bring color to a speech, to make abstract ideas concrete, to clarify the unknown, and to express feelings and emotions.
way to enhance the clarity of your speech.
We stand on a lonely, windswept point on the northern shore of France. The air is soft, but 40 years ago at this moment, the air was dense with smoke and the cries of men, and the air was filled with the crack of rifle fire and the roar of cannon.
Eg: Avoid the Generic "He" Ineffective: Each time a surgeon walks into the operating room, he risks being sued for malpractice. More Effective: Each time a surgeon walks into the operating room, he or she risks being sued for malpractice.
THANK YOU
b. M a n y w o r d s m e a n r o u g h l y t h e s a m e t h i n g , s u c h a s ‘victory’、’accomplishment’、’success’, they all mean a favorable outcome. But all of them have different shades of meaning. a. Accomplishment: something successful or impressive that is achieved after a lot of effort and hard work or the act of finishing or achieving something good. b. Victory: a situation in which you win a battle, game, election, or dispute. c. Success: when a business makes a lot of money, when someone achieves a high position in their job, on a course ,in a sport, in society.
4.Appropriateness to the speaker Every public speaker develops his or her own language style and there is a difference between one's everyday style and one's developed style as a public speaker.
for others.
2.Appropriateness to the audience It will help you greatly when dealing with technical topics、cultural topics、
choosing between formal and informal modes of address.
So you need to use familiar words, choose concrete words and eliminate clutter.
Vividly
Imagery
Concrete word: Choosing concrete words over abstract words is one