The prosodic resources are tools used in oral expression that help convey the message correctly. They allow to give an exhibition more dynamism and manage to capture the attention of the listener. They are used in free oral expression or in reading aloud from a written document.
There are several existing prosodic resources:
1- intonation
Here the histrionic capacity of the speaker plays a very important role, in terms of the emotion that he can impress on his speech, which, in short, is nothing more than an interpretation or performance.
Emotion will achieve empathy in the audience; in other words, it will make the listener get emotionally involved with the message. It is a highly effective and compelling resource.
3- The volume
Along with clarifications and extensions, they are resources that allow the speaker to better explain an idea and get the listener to fixate and understand it correctly.
It is not an exclusive resource for oral language and sometimes it works better in written language, where the reader manages his time to understand the message.
In an exhibition you have to be careful with this, because if you don't choose a good comparison, it can confuse rather than clarify.
10- Hyperbole
It is another literary device that can be transferred to oral expression with relative success depending on the skill of the user.
Hyperbole is a rhetorical figure that consists of exaggerating a fact in order to capture attention and give greater emphasis to an idea with respect to the rest.
It is important that the intention of the issuer is not mistaken when using hyperbole: it must be clear that it is an intentional exaggeration and not a hoax or a lie that could discredit or diminish your credibility or reputation.
Some examples of hyperbole: "My eyelashes hurt"; I love you to infinity and beyond"; "I repeated it a million times"; "We are the best country in the world."
References
- Virginia Acuña Ferreira (2011). Prosodic and verbal resources for the intensification of emotions in everyday conversation. Recovered from academia.edu.
- Rhetorical figures (2009). Recovered from rhetoricas.com.