spoken language features

HESITANCY FEATURESYou decide whether they are planned for an effect or spontaneous.

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ContextBorisJohnson

Mayor of London. People call him by his first name (unusual) and his floppy hair and gaffs means he often has a strained (and idiotic) public image.

David Cameron

Prime Minister of Great Britain. Cameron and Boris are said to have a long-standing rivalry.

G4S The security company who were heavily criticised for being unable to fulfil their contracted promises – embarrassing for the government and for G4S.

Beetroot juice

In sport there is a lot of controversy about the use of steroids and performance enhancing substances.

Broken Britain

The idea put forward by David Cameron when he was seeking election as Prime Minister that Britain’s values and standards were lowering. He criticised the UK for not providing enough jobs for people and for too many people living on the welfare system. He wanted to encourage work to pay – i.e. he wanted to reduce the ‘poverty trap’ (sometimes if you have a job you can have less money than if you are on benefits).


AudiencePantomime A participatory form of theatre often aimed at younger

children and families.

Humour Obvious – things that people find funny. (It is not enough to say it is “funny”. You need to be able to explain WHY it is humorous)

Innuendo A vague or allusive remark that hints at something more disparaging or rude.

SyntheticPersonalisation

The idea that mass audiences can be addressed or spoken to like they are all individual people. Creates the sense that the speaker is speaking directly to them. Speakers would use second person pronouns you/yours/yourselves/yourself

Inclusivelanguage

Language which makes the audience feel involved. Look out for first person pronouns: we, us, our

Rapport A close relationship

Reaction How the audience react to speech – laughing, shock, cheering, questions, booing


spoken language features

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