ToastmastersCCRushSession5Mar15,2013MichaelBland’sMichaelBland,ACB,ALBClubPresident,2012-2013D85DivDGovernor,2012-2013

AGENDA12:00-12:05:TurninyourHomework(C3SpeechDraft)12:05-12:10:GooverC4Project–HowtoSayIt12:10-12:30:DetailsonRhetoricalDevices12:30-12:50:WorkinPairstocreate2-3examplesofeachrhetoricaldevicetouseinyourC4speechthatfityourplannedtopic.12:50-12:55:PresentationsFeedback12:55-13:00:AssignHomeworkAdjourn -HW:WriteyourC4Speech(5’-7’)signupforaspeakingroleinaToastmastersclubSession5:C4+WordSelection

SpeechObjectivesSelecttherightwordsandsentencestructuretocommunicateyourideasclearly,accuratelyandvividly.Userhetoricaldevicestoenhanceandemphasizeideas.Eliminatejargonandunnecessarywords.Usecorrectgrammar.Time:5–7minutesC4:HowtoSayit

Metaphors:state2unalikethingsarethesametosuggestcomparisonSimiles:Use“like”or“as”tostate2unalikethingsaresimilarAlliteration:setsof2ormorewordsstartingwiththesameletter/soundTriad:UsesetsofthreetodrivehomewithpowerRepetition:UsethesamewordsorphrasesseveraltimestodrivehomewithpowerSensoryWords:wordsthatutilizethe5humansensesofsight,sound,smell,touch,andtasteRhetoricalDevices(6)

MetaphorsandSimilesMetaphors:state2unalikethingsarethesametosuggestcomparison.“Shecriedawaterfalloftears.”“Hewasamountainofaman.”“Myheartwasanopenbook.”Similes:Use“like”or“as”tostate2unalikethingsaresimilar.“Hewasasstrongasanox.”“Shewasaspureasthewhitesnow”“Whensheenteredtheroom,itwaslikeabreathoffreshair.”RhetoricalDevices

RhetoricalDevicesAlliteration,Triad,andRepetitionAlliteration:setsof2ormorewordsstartingwiththesameletter/sound“big,beautifulbaby”“tempting,tastytreat”“lovely,luckylady”Triad:Usesetsofthreetodrivehomewithpower“It’ssmart,accurate,andpowerful”“H