Vocal Components of Speaking Flashcards
This refers to how you use your voice to show your feelings.
Vocal Variety
Different combinations of pace and loudness give different impressions of the speaker to the audience.
This refers to one’s ability to move the speech organs (tongue, lips, teeth, and jaw) to produce speech sounds (words, phrases, and sentences) clearly, correctly, and distinctly.
Articulation
Articulation is also important in literacy skills such as reading and spelling out of words.
The act or manner of pronouncing syllables, words, or sentences clearly.
Enunciation
Enunciation refers to the clear and distinct pronunciation of words. It is important for effective communication, as it ensures that the message is conveyed accurately and clearly.
The act or result of uttering phonemes, syllables, words, and phrases correctly.
Pronunciation
In speech communication, pronunciation or enunciation pertains to how close or near the sounds conform to the sound system of a specific language.
The use of words and comprehension distinctly or in a specific language, in an understandable manner or style.
Diction
Diction can be formal or informal, and can vary depending on the audience and purpose of the communication. It encompasses the pronunciation, tone, and vocabulary used to convey a message. When studying diction, you learn the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to aid in pronunciation.
Pertains to the highness or lowness of the voice.
Pitch
We use pitch in order to express our emotions and attitude through a change in our intonation, or the tone of our voice. We also use pitch in order to express stress.
The alteration of pitch to convey a meaning.
Are variations, turns and slides in pitch to achieve the meaning.
Inflection
For example, raising the pitch at the end of a sentence means a question while sentences ending in a period, end with a base note. And everyone had fun with exclamation points!
Refers to the speed at which someone speaks.
Rate
The goal is to speak at a rate that will interest the audience and will effectively convey your information. Some people naturally speak faster than others, which is fine, but we can all alter our rate of speaking with practice.
It refers to the vocal variations in the way people speak.
Timbre
Timbre is also called vocal quality. It is what makes two different musical instruments sound different from each other, even when each instrument plays the same musical note.
There are things that restrict the tone and ability to convey your message.
Tension
It is about how you say things, rather than what you say. It occurs when the voice changes in pitch and tone while speaking.
Intonation
Listen to somebody speaking without paying attention to the words: the ‘melody’ you hear is the intonation. You can compare it to music and how different songs can inspire sadness, anger, or joy.
Involves putting more emphasis on a word or sentence to draw attention to it.
Stressing
Say you’re discussing world hunger in your speech. In this case, you would want to emphasize words like ‘hunger’ and ‘poverty’ to make sure the audience is drawn to the main idea of your speech.
Refers to the intensity of your voice, how loud and strong or soft when you speak.
Volume
a.k.a Audibility
When do you use a strong or loud voice? When do you use a soft voice? Try projecting your voice (from soft to loud and vice versa) by saying this utterance: “I can do that!”
The volume produced by the vocal instrument.
Projection
While there is no need to shout, a speaker should project to be easily heard from the furthest part of the audience. Even if the speech is amplified with a microphone/sound system, one must speak with projection and energy.
