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Paralanguage

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Paralanguage

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  1. Paralanguage The rule of thumb is to use CONTRAST. If the whole world turned “orange” we would see nothing, as everything would be one color; only by seeing white against red or yellow against blue can we see ANY color. So, in order for an audience to “see” and “hear” what we are saying we must have sufficient contrast.

  2. PITCH High to low (high when piercingly excited; low when calm and relaxed—with lots of variance in between)

  3. VOLUME • Loud to soft • loud if you want to audibly arrest an audience; soft if you want to lure them in to feel what you are feeling

  4. RATE • Fast to slow • fast if you are talking about something inherently exciting or if you are telling a something which quickly builds to a climax; slow if you are deadly serious, if you are establishing the bottom line.

  5. STRESS • Word emphasis • Highlight words (either by raising pitch and volume or by stretching it or by doing something else that draws attention to it)

  6. QUALITY • Pulling sound from the entire chest cavity, producing full volume and resonance • to pulling sound from the throat, producing a lesser volume and resonance • In the first case to take over a room; in the second case to show how an emotion paralyzed you

  7. PHRASING • Pausing after a few words • to pausing after many words (in the first case to make the point slowly so that it sinks in; in the second case to build to some climax)

  8. ARTICULATION • Fuzzy (bad) • to crisp (good)

  9. SYllABLE DURATION • One second per syllable • to a few per syllable

  10. PROJECTION • Can • We • Hear • You

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