2. Focusing
- If the speaker wants to get the audience’s attention, there is a way the speaker can
focus on key points so that everyone knows the speaker wants them to listen to what
he/she has to say next. For example:
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“We can’t expect too much too soon.
What we can’t do is expect too much too soon.
I’d like to approach this question from 2 different angles.
What I’d like to do is approach this question from 2 different angles.”
(Powell. 1996: 56)