repetition

Examples of repetition in the following topics:

• Repetition and Parallelism

  • Repetition and parallelism can add clarity and dramatic punch to your speech.
  • When you repeat similar ideas or themes in your speech, you are using repetition as a stylistic choice.
  • Repetition also helps emphasize your point to your directly to your audience.
  • Parallelism works the same way but without rote repetition of words or ideas and instead constructs them from similar examples.
  • Repetition is fine in small doses, but you don't want to sound like a broken record.

• Improve Listener Engagement, Comprehension, and Memory

  • Listener comprehension can be greatly improved through repetition, as it allows the audience to mentally rehearse and process information a second time, both visually and audibly.
  • This is accomplished through the repetition of the information presented to the audience member.

• Movement and Gesture

  • Natural body movements and gestures can strengthen and enhance the message but repetitive, unnecessary movements can distract from delivery.
  • Moving a hand repetitively - If you use your hand to move your hair out of your eyes constantly while speaking, the audience will focus on the movement rather than what you are saying.
  • Review the recording for distracting, repetitive movements.

• Getting Attention and Interest

  • Repetition is boring, right?
  • Actually, experienced public speakers learn that repetition doesn't have to be redundant—there's more to it than saying the same thing twice.

• The Goals of an Informative Speech

  • To make sure that the information contained in a speech is remembered by the audience, the deliverer of an informative speech should combine organization, repetition and focused visualizations to increase the effectiveness of the speech and the likelihood that the audience will leave informed.

• Alliteration

  • When you use the same repetitive sound at the beginning of a series of words or phrases, you are using alliteration.

• Make It Memorable

  • Using visual aids and repetition of key points are two strategies to use in order to deliver an effective informative speech.

• The Importance of Listening

  • The goal of this repetition is to confirm what the listener has heard and to confirm the understanding of both parties.

• Pauses

  • Filled pauses are repetitions of syllables and words; reformulations; or false starts, where the speaker rephrases to fit the representation of grammatical repairs, partial repeats, or searching for words to carry the meaning.

• Articulation and Pronunciation

  • There are only forty-four sounds to master, and as young child you started making them by mastering simple sounds which you later articulated into repetitive sound combinations and then words.