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From watching the speech buddies, I found the information about audience centered language helpful. When giving a speech it is important, the audience feels you are addressing them directly and not like you are uninterested in the audience. You want to make sure you do not use fancy vocabulary. Although it may sound nice using big words, it does not mean everybody in your audience will understand the meaning of those words and you could soon lose your audience if they are not able to understand what you are saying. I hope during my next speech I am able to incorporate these tips and my audience feels like I am directing my speech toward them instead of just doing an assignment.
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I definitely agree about not using "fancy words". Using words above one's audience can be seen as pretentious (in my opinion). It's not that you believe your audience can't handle large words or aren't intelligent enough for it you just want to make sure that your audience understands completely what you're trying to say. You want to make your speech simple enough so that your audience trusts you! For example, a lot of political speeches are full of large words that can be confusing to the typical american. Politicians use that to their advantage to say what they want without people REALLY understanding what they mean >.<
The videos for this week's discussion have been very helpful, don't think? I wish I would have watched all of the videos prior to my speeches so that I know exactly what I should be doing to present my topic well. The audience is the most important thing to consider when doing a speech. The speaker should definitely make sure that the audience is interested in the speech they are presenting and are being provided with the right amount of information. It's very important that the speaker is clear and concise about the topics that he's presenting. And I definitely think that digital images can help the audience get a better understanding of the topic if they can hear it and see it.
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