Tag: max-atkinson
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Rhetorical Devices to Incite Timely Applause
Any delay between the end of a speech and the audience’s applause can send strong negative signals to those watching and listening. In order to prevent this awkwardness, there are rhetorical tricks we can implement that trigger applause or laughter at appropriate moments. Speechwriter and political speech advisor Max Atkinson, in a critique of UK Deputy…