List and briefly define three components of verbal delivery.

What will be an ideal response?


Volume. The loudness of a speaker's voice.Rate. Speed at which a speaker speaks.Pitch. Highness or lowness of a speaker's voice.Inflection. Manipulation of pitch to create certain meanings or moods.Monotone. Way of speaking in which a speaker does not alter her or his pitch.Pauses. Hesitations and brief silences in speech or conversation.Articulation. Physical process of producing specific speech sounds to make language intelligible to audiences.Pronunciation. Act of saying words correctly according to the accepted standards of a language.Dialect. Pattern of speech shared by ethnic groups or people from specific geographical locations.

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