TONE: DON'T USE THAT TONE OF VOICE,.YOUNG MAN

DON'T USE THAT TONE OF VOICE, YOUNG MAN

If I had a quarter for every time my mother said this to me, I could have retired by my senior year of high school.

The tone we take when saying what we say, says more than the words themselves. And a speaker who does not make tonal choices generally goes ignored or is not taken seriously by audiences.

Tone. What is it? It's the mood behind the phrases we speak. It is what we are feeling, what midset we are in.

If I speak the phrase, "tell me more," I can say it with a variety of moods.

I can say it ANGRILY, if your baseball just smashed my windshield, after I warned you it would happen if you continued to play so close to my car.
I can say it SADLY, if someone is beginning to tell me a story about the death of an old friend of mine.
I can say it GLADLY, if I surmise that you are about to give me a promotion or if I'm glad that the school bully broke his arm
I can say it LASCIVIOUSLY, if I think you like me..a lot!
I can say it SARCASTICALLY if I really want you to stop talking about the matter.
AND SO ON.

You must decide, as you write, and before you speak, what tone you will project as you say each sentence of you presentation.

If you are reading from a script, you can write in the tone choices. If not, you need to remember them.