Just as a soup needs some condiments and spices to make it tasty and sweet to the taste, a speech also needs some flavouring to make it more appealing to the audience. Here are a few time-tested speech additives that may just hold the key to the wow factor you desire in your presentations. Using any of these might just be the difference between a dry and boring presentation on the one hand and a very interesting and exciting one on the other one.
Metaphor - This is used to depict the relationship between two things in a most unusual or exciting manner. It is one literary vehicle that great speakers have a tendency to use especially since it is considered to be a graphic use of language in the most explicit sense. If you need to add some spice to your speech then you might consider using some metaphorical expressions in your speech
and your audience will be sure to love you for it. There are no secrets to using metaphors in your speech as you just have to identify the unique relationship you want to exploit and then think of the most appropriate expression that will pass across your message the best way possible.
and your audience will be sure to love you for it. There are no secrets to using metaphors in your speech as you just have to identify the unique relationship you want to exploit and then think of the most appropriate expression that will pass across your message the best way possible.Personal Story - People love to know that they are listening to someone just like them who goes through the same things they go through. Telling a personal story might just be a good way to connect with some members of your audience as they just might be going through the same situation or may have gone through it in the past. When you share some of your experiences in your speech so long as there is some correlation with the subject matter you identify with people and they also identify with you. Everyone wants to be able to say they can identify with what you are saying and that you are not far removed from their realities whether real or imagined.
Humour - A little humour
might just be the salve you need to apply to your presentation for it to be more appealing to your audience. Your best bet is to see humour in everything and to seize the moment if you are the spontaneous type. If not you just might need to have some jokes and witty sayings prepared in advance and for specific times during the course of your presentation. No matter how interesting a subject matter is anything can cause your audience to be distracted and some humour 
might just be what you need to fire up their interest again.
might just be the salve you need to apply to your presentation for it to be more appealing to your audience. Your best bet is to see humour in everything and to seize the moment if you are the spontaneous type. If not you just might need to have some jokes and witty sayings prepared in advance and for specific times during the course of your presentation. No matter how interesting a subject matter is anything can cause your audience to be distracted and some humour might just be what you need to fire up their interest again. Analogy - This is very useful when you need to create a pictorial representation of the message you are trying to pass across in the minds of your audience. For the most part it is very important to engage your audience right from the start so there is a need to engage them mentally when listening to your presentation and one of the best ways to do this is to give them an analogy
to figure out so long as it will help your message to be clearer to the audience.
to figure out so long as it will help your message to be clearer to the audience. Try these and you will be sure to see the difference in your ratings.
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