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Writing For Speaking #17 · 'My brother and I are hunting'
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Writing For Speaking #17 · 'My brother and I are hunting'

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[0:03] From Hi-Fi Speakers, I am Mark Whitney with today's Educational Minute. Listen up.

[0:10] Tell a story or an anecdote to get people's attention, right? Tell a little amusing tale, a little dramatic story, or a little anecdote to arouse interest and get the audience involved. Keep the story or anecdote relevant to the main point of the speech, right? It's a great way to set it up and personalize it whenever possible. Instead of beginning, two men are hunting in the woods one day. Say, my brother and I are hunting in the woods behind my house. Active present tense. So on the one side, you've got two men who are hunting in the woods one day. It's two men who cares about them and it's past tense. The other is, my brother and I are hunting in the woods behind my house. Boom. Now you got their attention. They're ready to go. So what happened when

[0:59] you and your brother are hunting in the woods behind your house? Now you got yourself this story.

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