Public Speaking Vocabulary - Part 1

using the voice to show the character of a person

• characterization

• cliché

• climax

• colloquial

a phrase or expression that is overused and lacks original thought

• cliche

• climax

• colloquial

• connotation

highest emotional peak in a presentation or speech

• characterization

• climax

• connotation

• critique

informal conversation

• connotation

• critique

• cliche

• colloquial

the meaning suggested by a word or thing

• characterization

• connotation

• colloquial

• empathy

an evaluation with positive and negative opinions

• emotion

• empathy

• climax

• critique

a strong feeling

• Emotion
• Empathy

• Emphasis

• Enunciation

experiencing the feeling of another

• emotion

• empathy

• emphasis

• enunciation

adding importance to a syllable, word, or phrase

• emphasis

• enunciation

• emotion

• empathy

clarity of speech

• emphasis

• climax

• critique

• enunciation