Characteristics of

Good Speech

Sufficient Volume
Optimum Pitch
Pleasantness of sound
Flexibility of Tone
I ntelligibility
Acceptability of Pronunciation
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How People Communicate

When Conversing

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How People Communicate

When Conversing

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Voice as an Important
Component of Communication
Your voice is the
most important
tool you have in
conversing!
People will build a
perception of you
through your voice.
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Components of Voice
Quality

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Voice Quality
Detractors
Up ending words
and sentences
Fillers
Reading
Talking over
People
Rhythm
Professionalism
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Think Fast!
Remember: time is on your side! Thoughts move
about four times as fast as speech. With
practice, while you are listening you will also be
able to think about what you are hearing, really
understand it, and give feedback to the speaker.

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Give me Tongue
Tongue twisters help loosen the
mouth and vocal cords so, itll be
easier to enunciate every syllable
and word.
1. The sixth sick Sheiks sixth thick
sheep.
2. This is a zither. Is this a zither.
3. How much wood could a woodchuck
chuck, if a wood chuck could chuck
wood?
4. Thin red leather, thick yellow leather,
thin red leather, thick yellow leather.
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5. The defective detective defectively
detecting a defective detector.
6. Moses supposes his toeses are roses
but Moses supposes erroneously. For
nobodys toeses are posies or roses as
Moses supposes his toeses to be.
7. Rubber baby buggy bumpers
8. Which witch switched the switch? The
Swiss witch named Sue Witts switched
the switch.
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4. Betty Botter bought some

butter, but said she, this
butters bitter. If I put it in
my batter, that would make
my batter bitter. But a bit of
better butter in the beater,
that would make my batter
better.
5. Amidst the mists and misty
frosts, Ms. Ty thrusts her
fists against the posts and
still insists she sees the
misty ghosts.
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6. Rad Roy is the ruler of rural Raleigh. He

relishes roller-blading while eating
really red, ripe raspberries.
7. Thats the thought that they threaded
through their tremendously thin, tan,
trim thighs.
8. For four flowers and our floured floors.
9. Boots on the roots, soot on the roof.

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10. Five funny pythons found plenty of

perfect, fat prefects to party with.

11. Fanny Potter flew past five pathetic
figures on a playing field that fired
pellets perfectly.
12. Vast fields of verdant firs vainly
fantasize of victoriously finding valiant
foresters for vegetation.
13. Barrels of vino blindly vacationing
between vacant, bold vats of barren
vinegar.
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14.Seven saddled zebras zigged

instead of zagging in a special nosagging zone in Central Zimbabwe
15.The precision of Zorros sword
casually zaps the usual suspects
into serving dessert in the desert
for deserving Zionists in Sulawesi.
16.I believe we live with a bit of a
beat. We willingly leave this week,
to see that next weeks wick is lit
for these seats
at the sit-in.
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17.The thrill that drives thankless

toreadors towards their divine
theories is the driving thump of the
thundering leather toes of their
toros.
18.Shit, Charlenes shining chances
shared chosen shadows cherished
by shimmering charades with
fashionably challenged Sharon.
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