The way Dr. Williams controlled his voice dramatically affected the student’s ability to understand, remember, and take action upon the message. Effective speakers are conversational, intellectual, poised, and expressive in their delivery. Dr. Williams portrayed all of these aspects in his speech, which would forever be remembered by the students. Speeches are memorable when speakers use vivid language and rhetorical style devices such as alliteration, onomatopoeia, personification, similes, metaphors, and analogies. In addition, it is important for the audience to pinpoint when the speaker uses figurative language in their speech. Consequently, Dr. Williams voice provided a spontaneous conversation among the students with the ability to be
