Descriptive words are the paint brush a speaker uses to create vivid images in the mind of the listener. Pay attention to the words you speak as you craft your speech. Think about the words before you speak them. Do they project an image, or fall flat? . Listen to words others use that effectively describe a word picture.

To this day, I still remember Bob’s description of scalding the hairy pig in Japan and the elephant walking down the streets of Cokato that Kay described.

Be careful when crafting your words that you do not use so many that you need to memorize every word of your speech, as Karen communicated in a previous Tip Of The day. Rather, sprinkle colorful words throughout your speech for impact and dramatization. This practice also is a very effective method in navigating through your speech, as you recall your key words.

Raymond Norton