This document discusses the importance of vocal variety when speaking, including emphasis, pitch, tone, rate, and pause. It provides examples of how to vary these elements to convey different emotions. The speech "I Have a Dream" is analyzed as an example of using vocal variety effectively through techniques like long pauses, emphasis, and changing pitch. The conclusion emphasizes that the voice is the image and speakers should use and build vocal variety skills.

1. VOCAL VARIETY: AWARENESS
Your Voice is your image

2. INTRODUCTION
 Agenda
 Emphasis
 Pitch
 Tone
 Rate,
 Pause
 I have a dream
 Conclusion

3. EMPHASIS
• Difference b/w information and emotional
message
• I will be successful
• I will be successful
• I Will be successful
• I will be Successful
• I thank you for Your help, Your effort and
Your Talent,
• I can sing, I can dance and I am good,
therefore I amTalented.

4. PITCH AND VOLUME
 Monotonous
 Low Pitch or High Volume: Power,
confidence, Authority
 I am Confident and Excited
 HighPitch: nervousness , Insecurity
 Low Volume:- Subtle emotions: love, secret
 I feel bored and sad
 See-Saw:- Exercise

5. TONE
 Express emotions (Angry, Happy, Sad,
fear..)in Different tones.
 Anger: I helped him , but he cheated me.
 Happiness: Today’s meeting is very special, I
won prize.
 Sadness: Today in bad day, I lost my job.

6. INFLECTION, RATE , PAUSE
 Inflection
 Beautiful, Amazing, Wonderful, Boring
 Rate
 Fast: Happiness, excitement
 Slow: Important message, subtle emotions
 Pause -
 Before OR After Conclusion,
 Important information
 Transition
 Emphasis

7. IN SPEECH – I HAVE A DREAM
'This will be the day when all of God's
children will be able to sing with a new
meaning, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet
land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where
my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride,
from every mountainside, let freedom ring."
And if America is to be a great nation, this
must become true. So let freedom ring from
the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.

8. I HAVE A DREAM – VOCAL VARIETY
'This will be the day when all of God's children
will be able to sing with a new meaning [Long
Pause], "My country [Pause and Emphasis ],
'tis of thee [Pause], sweet land of liberty, of
thee I sing[Long Pause]. Land where my
fathers died [Pause], land of the pilgrim's pride
[Pause],, from every mountainside, let
freedom ring [High Ptch]." And if America is to
be a great nation, this must become true. So let
freedom ring [High Pitch] from the prodigious
hilltops of New Hampshire.

9. CONCLUSION
 Your voice is your image: know, build
and use it.
 Use Emphasis, Pitch, Tone, Inflection,
Rate and Pause
 Home Work: Evaluate speeches for
Vocal Variety
 Reference
 http://www.write-out-loud.com/

10. Q AND A
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 What you liked?
 What to improve?
 Contact
 Krishna Murthy U
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