How many of us enjoy listening to speeches? Not many, when the speaker is not very effective in communicating.
A successful speaker makes sure that the audience is entranced by his/her speech.
The word eloquent describes a way of speaking that is fluent, articulate, clear, powerful and extremely expressive.
Eg: The teacher was admired for her eloquent style of speaking. She seemed to speak from her heart.
One is persuasive in one’s speech when one is able to convince listeners to believe a certain point of view. Persuasive speeches are used in debates and legal proceedings.
Eg: The stranger’s persuasive tone made the team change its course of action.
A grandiloquent style of speaking is the use of high sounding and lengthy words, just to impress listeners. A grandiloquent speaker uses bombastic words and lengthy sentences. But often they sound silly because of this.
Eg: The crowd was tired of the politician’s grandiloquent speech. In the end, the few that remained were his close associates.
Now don’t think you can impress people around you by speaking in magniloquent language that is fancy and flowery, to convey something that has little substance. You will only turn out to be a laughing stock! The word magniloquent is similar in meaning to grandiloquent.
Eg: While writing the book the author avoided using magniloquent language as he believed that it might turn away readers. Instead, he chose to use simple language.
