Persuasive and rhetorical devices in your own speech

What this note covers

1. Devices are marked under speech conventions
2. Appeals to the audience: emotion, reason and credibility
3. Rhetorical questions, repetition and the rule of three
4. Anecdote, imagery and figurative language
5. Direct address, inclusive language and modality
6. Annotating delivery: pause, stress, pitch and gesture
7. Worked example: an original model speech opening and close

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