Voice and Diction

the individual sound of your particular voice

• Pitch

• Volume

• Quality

• Schwa

the vibrant tone produced when sound waves strike the chambers of the throat, head, nose, and mouth

• Resonance

• monotone

• nasality

• inflection

occurs when vowel sounds are diverted from the oral cavity into the nasal cavities, cutting down resonance and leaving the voice flat

• pronunciation

• nasality

• diction

• schwa

the relative highness or lowness of the voice at any given time

• volume

• rate

• quality

• pitch

variety in pitch that makes the voice musical and interesting

• monotone

• volume

• inflection

• voiced

results from speaking continuously on one level

• monotone

• volume

• pitch

• voiceless

the relative strength, force, or intensity with which sound is made

• pitch

• volume

• pronunciation

• resonance

the speed at which words are spoken

• volume

• fast

• level

• rate

the selection and pronunciation of words and their combinations in speech

• pronunction

• schwa

• diction

• voiceless

a pronunciation symbol with "uh" as in about; often the vowel sound in an unstressed syllable

• schwa

• diction

• rate

• voiced