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It is imperative that you can be concise and brief. If you can learn how to

express yourself in just a few words, with some quotes and one-liners, you
will grab people’s attention faster than somebody who keeps talking while
trying to make their point.

Use a Script or Framework

Being eloquent and witty will take spontaneity, but you can use a script to
help you. Many professional speakers and writers will use frameworks,

scripts, and prompts to help them keep their thoughts in line. This doesn’t
make them less eloquent or witty. It helps them produce a great delivery,
which is their ultimate goal.

You never get a second chance to be eloquent. You just get the one and you
have to do it correctly.

Learn Some Puns

I have always been bad with puns, but this is one thing that I would really
like to get better at. To be able to master puns, you have to be able to use

words that mean the same thing or sound alike.

Think about a book publisher that is having some legal problems and they
have asked you to create them a tagline. You could do something like: “At
our company, our word is the law.” You have just brought together what they
are going through with what they do. This is how puns work.

Silence is Powerful

Some times when people speak, you can actually hear music because
language is sound.

If you have listened to a beautiful violin concerto or piano sonata and the
person hits a bad note during a great melody, could ruin the mood of the
entire audience. This also goes for anyone who adds uhmm, or uhh after or
before their sentences. These people are afraid of silence entering the
conversation.

People who know how to speak eloquently knows how powerful silence is. If

they are forced to pause, they know how to use silence as an advantage.
Silence can create suspense. It could either be looked at as an opportunity to