Speaking voice final
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This document provides tips for improving articulation, pronunciation, and vocal variety when speaking. It emphasizes speaking clearly by accurately forming sounds, supporting sounds with breath, and fully finishing sounds. It also stresses using inflection and varying pitch to add emphasis and meaning. Tongue twisters are included to practice articulation. The document closes with a poem highlighting inconsistencies in English pronunciation and spelling.
Speaking voice final
- 1. YOUR SPEAKING VOICE Tips for AddingStrength and Authority to Your Voice
- 2. WHAT KIND OFVOICE DO YOU HAVE? 1. Do you whisper or boom? 2. Are you monotonous or melodious? 3. Is your voice a rain cloud or a rainbow? 4. Do you have mumblitis?
- 3. 5. How welldo you articulate? Articulation - how distinctly you you formulate your words when you speak. - includes both how you pronounce individual words and how clearly you create speech sounds. Pronunciation is the formation and utterance of words. It is the product of correct sounds in the sequence of words. Enunciation refers to the fullness and clarity of speech sounds.
- 4. Clear articulation requires3 conditions: 1. The sound must be accurately formed. 2. The sound must be sufficiently supported by the breath. 3. The sound must be completely finished.
- 5. 6. Do youtrudge like a turtle or race like a rabbit? 7. Do you agitate or orchestrate? Vocal variety is the way you use your voice to create interest, excitement, and emotional involvement. An inflection is a raised pitched- a high note to add emphasis to a word. A single change in inflection may change the meaning of a sentence. Example: She said she should sit . ( I did not say it.) She said she should sit. ( True. I heard her say it.) She said she should sit. ( No one else but she.) She said she should sit. She must do it.) She said she should sit. ( She must not stand.)
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- 7. Triple Dickle (a strong drink) Elmer Arnold Irish wristwatch real rear wheel Reed Wade Road ( a road in Arkansas) loyal royal lawyer
- 8. Shoe section, shoesection, shoe section, ... A loyal warrior will rarely worry why we rule. Five fat friars frying flat fish. Clean clams crammed in clean cans. Seventy seven benevolent elephants Santa's Short Suit Shrunk
- 9. Clean clams crammedin clean cans. Seventy seven benevolent elephants Santa's Short Suit Shrunk Ann and Andy's anniversary is in April. Elizabeth's birthday is on the third Thursday of this month. Four furious friends fought for the phone. Thirty-three thirsty, thundering thoroughbreds thumped Mr. Thurber on Thursday. Rory the warrior and Roger the worrier were reared wrongly in a rural brewery.
- 10. 2 Y's UR. 2 Y's U B. I C U R. 2 Y's 4 me! Wow, race winners really want red wine right away! The ruddy widow really wants ripe watermelon and red roses when winter arrives. I'll chew and chew until my jaws drop. I wish you were a fish in my dish
- 11. If you can'tcan any candy can, how many candy cans can a candy canner can if he can can candy cans ? The big black bug bit the big black bear, but the big black bear bit the big black bug back! I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the wish the witch wishes, I won't wish the wish you wish to wish.
- 12. When the Englishtongue we speak Why is break not rhymed with weak? Won’t you tell me why it’s true We say sew but also few? And the maker of a verse cannot rhyme his horse with worse. Beard is not the same as heard cord is different from word Cow is cow and low is low Shoe is never rhymed with foe Think of hose and close and lose And think of goose and yet of choose
- 13. Think of comband tomb and bomb Doll and roll and home and some And since pay is rhymed with say Why not paid with said I pray? Think of blood and food and good Mould is not pronounced like could Why is it done but gone and lone? Is there any reason known? To sum it up it seems to me That sounds and letters don’t agree.