Find a partner with whom you might complete this exercise. The partner may be a roommate, sister, brother, co-worker, random person on the street. We change emphasis on the words and phrases in our speeches in part by our vocal delivery. Look at the attached slide. Complete the exercises as described below. Answer the questions in italics in a brief paper you drop in this drop box.
1. Each person should read this three times, each time changing the volume on a particular word. For example, you might say "When in ROME, do as the Romans do," or you might say "When in Rome, DO as the Romans do."
What is the difference in meaning of the three sentences as you said them.
2. The sentence is divided into two phrases, which are separated by the first comma. Read them twice, changing the rate at which you say the phrases. The first time, read the first phrase more quickly than the second. The second time, reverse.
Does it change what you attend to when you change the rate at which you say the phrases? Which seems more important?
3. Each person should read the sentence twice. The first time, read the sentence stretching your pitch from high to low. The second time, use more reasonable changes in pitch.
What words stand out when you use more reasonable changes in pitch? Did either partner's second reading sound like a question? If so, why?
4. This is a quote by Winston Churchill. Each person read it, making reasonable changes in volume, rate, and pitch, and uses appropriate pauses.
Do you say it differently from each other? If so, how is the meaning changed? If not, what could you change to change the meaning of the quote?
Attachment:- vocal exercises.rar