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Public Speaking Course:
Alliteration
When learning skills in my public speaking course you will see that humor
doesn't always need to be outrageous to be really effective. Alliteration is
considered a mild form of humor you can use in your presentations and is defined
as the repetition of the same first letter or the same first sound in a group of
words or line in a poem.
Learning to catch the attention of your audience is part of what you will learn
in my public speaking course. Alliteration is often used in advertisements
because it tends to catch your ear and eye. One of my funny speech topics
is titled 'Pranks for Profit: Confessions of a Paid Practical Joker'. It has
four 'p' sounds.
Here is an example of alliteration used to give a positive message.
'We (B)agged the (B)aldridge award (B)ecause our (B)rainy, (B)eautiful (B)usinesspeople
are the (B)est.'
If you have a negative message you have to give you can soften the impact
without appearing uncaring. Example:
'The strike by one of our suppliers has put a (C)runch on our division. Even
though we are (C)runched, we are still (C)reative. We are still (C)redible. And
we will (C)onquer this problem.'
Alliteration used in your presentation can either heighten the glow, or soften
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