Characteristics of Effective and Ineffective Speakers Effective 1. Confidence - Confidence comes from believing in what you are saying and being passionate about your subject. Self-confidence is developed by knowing everything you can about your subject and thoroughly preparing and practicing. 2. Likeability - As a general rule your listeners want to like you. When they do like you it makes delivering your speech easier. Your likeability is helped by smiling and being positive and friend
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epic ‚ Beowulf must battle grendal‚ his mother ‚ and a dragon Beowulf has fighting and betrayal among his own warriors Animism- pagan belief that spirits and gods control all aspects and had to be satisfied constantly. Bards/scops- skilled storytellers who sang of gods and heroes‚ Meed halls- banquet hall where people would gather and celebrated Wyrd- human destiny was believed to be ruled by fate. Wergild – belief that killing someone’s relatives was the worst thing‚ unspeakable. So people
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Since Paulette White has the narrator being a character who interacts with the protagonist‚ you’re able to notice how the narrator changes her perspective with age and is able to recognize qualities of Alice in herself. The unreliability of the storyteller as a child is important to see how the narrator changes her perspective throughout the story. In the end‚ the narrator being a character in the story was very beneficial to creating the theme of the short story “Alice”. With Paulette White including
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passing on knowledge‚ stories and the history of the Baka people‚ and music for pure enjoyment. With the Baka there is no distinction between musician and audience‚ everyone is able to listen and participate with confidence. For example when the storyteller told the story of the chimp that stole the mother’s baby all joined in with the choruses or with harmonies and with percussion accompaniment. This communal music making constantly helps to strengthen the bonds between the individuals in the groups
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Stories are pieces of history passed down through generations. However‚ as those old stories are told again and again many of the pieces get lost in translation. This results in the same old story with new details. The longer the stories are told the more details are added or lost‚ and before long the old story that was accurately told is gone and is replaced with a completely new story filled with fabricated details that would be almost unrecognizable to the ones who told the original tale. In
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The story of Achelous and Hercules was one many may recognize with real life actions. Achelous was a river-god Hercules fought‚ because he was in love with the girl Hercules wanted to marry. Not only did Achelous have no desire to fight Hercules‚ but he wanted to reason with him. In that case it made Hercules more angry in the situation they were in. The river-god attacked Hercules fiercely after the words that were spoken‚ “My hand is better than my tongue. Let me win fighting and you may win talking”
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experiences lead him or her to your intended thought or feeling. Showing is harder than telling. It’s easier to say‚ "It was incredibly funny‚" than to write something that is incredibly funny. The rule of "show‚ don’t tell" means that your job as a storyteller is not to interpret; it’s to select revealing details. You’re a sifter‚ not an explainer. An easy way to accomplish showing and not telling is to avoid the use of "to be" verbs. Let People Talk It’s amazing how much we learn about people
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train station because of the loud noises. Also to keep him entertained like when he spent all day in his room hiding from his father. Christopher is also very factual. He can’t see things from someone else’s point of view but I think he’s a good storyteller because the story isn’t bogged down by opinions. Based on events in his stories it’s usually easy enough to understand how people are feeling. I like how straight forward it is when you just get the facts. One of the many important things to know
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the reader gets a glimpse of the importance the fish play in the story. At first‚ it seems like a childlike game when hammering fish heads to the pole‚ but later a deeper meaning emerges. We see how important the fish are to the boy when the storyteller remarks‚ “we didn’t know what we were going to or how we were going to stay‚ until we looked outside and saw our fish” (Markus 266). Later‚ one brother anchors the other brother’s hands to the pole in an act that seems like one of defiance but is
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“The art of the storyteller is to hold the attention to the reader.” If they are able to grab the whole mind of the reader‚ they can convey the ideas and themes represented in the story successfully to the audience‚ and therefore the intension of the writer can be better understood and appreciated. In order to achieve this target‚ the writers often employ literary techniques‚ such as foreshadowing‚ story in story‚ suspense‚ etc‚ to attract and hold the reader’s attention. Usually‚ the plot itself
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