Types of imagery - comparison (simile, metaphor, allusion), contrast (oxymoron, antithesis, irony), and exaggeration (hyperbole, understatement)  

• Simile - comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"
• Metaphor - comparing two unlike things without using "like" or "as"
• Allusion - reference to a well-known person, place, thing, or idea
• Oxymoron - places opposite words directly beside one another
• Antithesis - uses contrasting ideas together
• Irony - words that imply the opposite of what they say
• Hyperbole - exaggeration of the facts
• Understatement - opposite of a hyperbole

Introductory techniques - question, reference, quotation, short story, shocking statement Methods of delivering a speech  

• Manuscript - reading word for word (verbatim) from a prepared speech
• Memorized - reciting each word of a speech
• Extemporaneous - using an outline and notes to deliver a speech
• Impromptu - speaking "off the cuff", completely on the spot

Monotone - speaking at the same rate and tone Inflection - changes in pitch or tone Visual aids - can help a speech since sight is our most dominate sense  

• Maps - shows spatial relationships
• Diagrams - helps explain a process
• Graphs - shows statistical data
• Model - scaled down version of something
• Cut-away - shows the inside details of something
• Handouts - should be passed out at the end of a speech so the audience won't be distracted
• Chalkboard - very flexible source, but be sure not to turn your back on the audience