Using Concrete Words in Public Speaking

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Hey there we are talking about using great words in public speaking and I want to keep talking about this, but let's talk for a minute about concrete words. Okay so what are concrete words let's think in terms of our senses. Concrete words are words that you can feel, see, hear, smell, touch, and taste. Alright so I am going to jump back to the example we used in the last clip about the make and model of the green hatchback car with the flat tire. That is a lot of information but we want to incorporate the senses so all of the sudden it now becomes the banged up make and model of the green car with a hatchback and a flat tire. That is all really important information and we can sense that, we can see that, we can feel that, we can touch it, we can taste it. It is real important to use concrete words. See let me give you another example, if I use the term speak like right now I am speaking to you and that is abstract, alright. Words like mumble, jeer, drone, scream all of these words are concrete, because they are more specific. Okay so don't talk or write your speech in abstract, but only in concrete.

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