Expressive Prosody

Elements

• Range of Intonation

  Rise and Fall of voice (and combinations of the two) can help communicate the speaker's message more clearly.
  

• Volume

  Raising your voice will help focus the listener on the key ideas being expressed.
  

• Length

  Lengthening words will help focus the listener on the word, it is also used to allow clearer use of intonation by giving time to actually voice the intonation.
  

• Creative Pausing

  Pausing can be used to really force the listener to follow your logic and grasp your key ideas.
  

Principles

Useful Theory