With the use of language, a public speaker can create drama and cadence in a speech. First, explain how these two devices can add power and make your speech memorable. Then, choose two methods your textbook suggests for creating drama and two for creating cadence. Explain each method and offer a brief example for each

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Answer: Answers will vary in examples, but should include
Drama makes phrases and sentences memorable by phrasing something in a way that differs from the way the audience expects you to say it, keeping them in suspense or to catching them slightly off guard. Methods include sentence length, omission, inversion, and suspension. Cadence takes advantage of language rhythms. Methods include repetition, parallelism, antithesis, alliteration, and onomatopoeia.

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