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3 TIPS ON USING ALLITERATIVE TRIADS

Alliteration refers to the repetition of the beginning sounds of words, as in "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers", "long-lived", "short shrift" and "the fickle finger of fate". (from dictionary.com) A triad is a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things. (from dictionary.com) Put the two together and you get   ALLITERATIVE TRIADS , that means groups of three words beginning with the same sounds.  I love alliterative triads. I like to use them in my speeches and evaluations. It helps me to remember my points easily too! Here are 3 tips on making alliterative triads work for you. (1) Use alliterative triads as heading for the points in your speech.  Let's say in your speech, you want to share three points. Think of three words all beginning with the same sounds that can describe these points succinctly. Here are some examples from my own speeches: 3 things you lose when you have

CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2015-2016

CHAPTER MEETING DATES 2015-2016 (3rd Thursday) 16 July 2015 20 August 2015  (Humorous Speech & Evaluation Contests) 17 September 2015 15 October 2015 19 November 2015 17 December 2015 (Christmas-themed meeting) 21 January 2016 18 February 2016 (International Speech and Table Topics Contests) 17 March 201 6 21 April 2016 19 May 2016 (10th Anniversary Celebration) 16 June 2016 AREA/DIVISION Z EVENT DATES 2015-2016 1. Division Z Club Officers' Training I 25 July 2015 1-5pm Toa Payoh Central CC 2. Humorous Speech & Evaluation Contests Area Z3: 3 September 2015 Division Z: September 2015 3. Division Z Club Officers' Training II 16 Jan 2016 1.30-5pm Singhealth, The Academia Level 2 4. International Speech & Table Topics Contest Area Z3: 16 March 2016 Division Z: 17 April 2016 5. Achievers' Day 11 June 2016 (Saturday) 2-7pm Toa Payoh Central CC 

EXCO 2015/2016

PRESIDENT Aarti Kabra, CC VP (EDUCATION) Eliz Wong Joni Siah, DTM VP (MEMBERSHIP) My Chieu Luu Leena Santore, CC, CL VP (PUBLIC RELATIONS) Geri Kan, CC Cwenn Goh TREASURER Vera Wee, DTM SECRETARY Roann Kuan SERGEANT-AT-ARMS Ida Lee, CC