Narrative Speeches

Created by kward1norwich

What are four ways to assure your story is strong?
Base it on a character your audience can empathize with, build tension, offer the right level of detail, and end with a satisfying resolution

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What are four ways to assure your story is strong?
Base it on a character your audience can empathize with, build tension, offer the right level of detail, and end with a satisfying resolution
If you're going to tell a story
Know why you are telling it
Details in a story should be
Selective. Make your point, be vivid, but don't wander. (or become shaggy)
A shaggy dog story is
One that wanders, does not get to the point, gives excessive detail, and uses a lot of "and then..."
Each step of your journey should be revealed how?
with humility, honesty, and vulnerability
Parable
A carefully designed metaphor meant to teach a lesson.
If you force-feed the audience a conclusion, you do what?
Insult their intelligence.
Stories resonate deeply in every human if you do what?
Let them mean something.
Good language in a story is
Vivid, specific, and clear to engage the audience’s imagination.
A well organized and told story has...?
A beginning, middle, and end; the story sets up a question, conflict, or tension that is resolved by the end