Variety for your presentation
The importance of vocal variety shows up most in speeches that lack it. Speakers who drone on in a monotone, never varying their pitch, rate, or loudness, send a clear message: They tell us that they have little interest in their topic or in their listeners, or that they fear the situation they are in. Variety can make speeches come to life by adding color and interest. One of the best ways to develop variety is to read aloud materials that demand variety to express meaning and feeling. As you read the following selection from the lives anTi times of archy and mehitabel, strive for maximum variation of pitch, rate, and loudness. Incidentally, Archy is a cockroach who aspires to be a writer. He leaves typewritten messages for his newspaper-editor mentor, but, because he is a cockroach, he can’t type capital letters and never uses punctuation marks. His friend mehitabel, whom he quotes in this message, is an alley cat with grandiose dreams and a dubious reputation.
archy what in hell have i done to deserve all these kittens
life seems to be just one damn litter after another after all archy I am an artist
this constant parade of kittens interferes with my career its not that i am shy on mother love archy
why my heart would bleed if anything happened to them and i found it out
a tender heart is the cross i bear but archy the eternal struggle between life and art is simply wearing me out.
Tape-record yourself while reading this and other favorite poems or dramatic scenes aloud. Compare these practice tapes with your initial self-evaluation tape to see if you have improved in the use of variety in your presentations.
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