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This chapter identifies the vast array of linguistic means that allow speakers to simulate a direct relation with their audience. These include: question + answer; use of terms of address; various forms of attention-getters to place at the beginning of the speech, storytelling and direct speech.
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Ong, W. (1982). Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word. London: Methuen.
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Rossette-Crake, F. (2019). Talking to Your Audience. In: Public Speaking and the New Oratory. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22086-0_7
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