I found that these articles came at a very interesting time for me. Right as I'm about to write a speech for my Public Speaking class that I've been avoiding since Freshman year, here I am with these articles talking about writing speeches (well one of them giving tips, while the other simply talks about bringing words to life with your voice).
In the first reading, she talked about reading aloud changes the physicality of words. It basically means making the words more real, or bringing them to life - which actually makes giving a speech sound a lot cooler. I was thinking about how much more interested little kids are while they listen to their parents tell them stories. The reason is usually because the story has much more life as it comes from the parents mouths rather than just words on a paper.
Another random thing I usually find while I'm reading is that (I don't know if this sounds weird), but I usually realize that the words I'm reading tend to blend together as I'm reading. For example, little words like and, so, or all just become place holders to make a complete sentence, but none of it really means anything. If you were to add voice to these words, you can make the meaning a lot more interesting - it could even bring more life to an otherwise boring story. Which I think is how I can go about the speech that I have to write tomorrow, AND my "this i believe" project for class. I can just see them as a really interesting story I want to tell, just like I was telling the story to my friends. It might be more interesting then.
I usually don't really have problems when I'm telling my friends stories, and it's because I throw emphasis on words that I'm trying to make more interesting. It seems like it'd be the same as this for when I'm trying to give a speech or tell my "this i believe" essay. Especially if my audience is of my same age group.
In the first reading, she talked about reading aloud changes the physicality of words. It basically means making the words more real, or bringing them to life - which actually makes giving a speech sound a lot cooler. I was thinking about how much more interested little kids are while they listen to their parents tell them stories. The reason is usually because the story has much more life as it comes from the parents mouths rather than just words on a paper.
Another random thing I usually find while I'm reading is that (I don't know if this sounds weird), but I usually realize that the words I'm reading tend to blend together as I'm reading. For example, little words like and, so, or all just become place holders to make a complete sentence, but none of it really means anything. If you were to add voice to these words, you can make the meaning a lot more interesting - it could even bring more life to an otherwise boring story. Which I think is how I can go about the speech that I have to write tomorrow, AND my "this i believe" project for class. I can just see them as a really interesting story I want to tell, just like I was telling the story to my friends. It might be more interesting then.
I usually don't really have problems when I'm telling my friends stories, and it's because I throw emphasis on words that I'm trying to make more interesting. It seems like it'd be the same as this for when I'm trying to give a speech or tell my "this i believe" essay. Especially if my audience is of my same age group.