AYA Educational Inst.

Source: Improving Your Storytelling by: Doug Lipman

Written Language Elements Used To Convey Meaning

Oral Language Elements Used To Convey Meaning

 

Letters that form Words

Words

 

Punctuation

Tone

 

Typographical devices - typefaces, fonts, sizes, italics, indentations, etc.

Gestures

 

Pictures- graphic elements such as diagrams

Posture

 

Book itself - size, thickness, color, paper quality, type; binding, etc.

Facial Expression

   

Eye behaviors

   

Space relative to listeners (distance, up or down, etc.

   

Characterization through clusters

   

Humor through contrast

   

Transitions

   

Time Based Language

   

Non Reversible Time

   

Pauses

   

Rhythm and Tempo

   

Repetition

 

 

The Uncrowed Stage