impromptu speaking
Talking without preparation
Impromptu speaking is delivering remarks without preparation or advance notice.
A speaker called on unexpectedly must speak impromptu.
The term covers everything from answering questions at a meeting to giving a toast you didn't know you'd be asked to make: She's excellent at impromptu speaking—never seems rattled.
- mental agilityQuick, flexible thinking
- debatesFormal argumentative exchanges
- critical thinkingObjective evaluation of information
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- verbal fluencySkill in speaking smoothly
quick wit · improvisation · off-the-cuff · winging it · spur of the moment · active listening · ad-lib · brainstorming · classroom discussions · public forums · town hall meetings · situational awareness · job interviews · emotional intelligence · elevator pitches · rhetorical devices · confidence building · memory recall
- oratoryspeeches, oration, orations, addresses, keynote speeches
- rhetoricrhetoric, persuasion, oratory, argumentation, debate
- speaking practiceconversation, role play, role-play, fluency, drills
- communicationtelephone, conversation, inform, hand signal, messages
- public speakingspeech, keynotes, keynote speeches, oratory, oration
- debaterebuttal, argument, rebuttals, refute, case
impromptu speakingprepared speech
Pre-written verbal presentation
prepared remarks · keynote address · formal address · set piece · commencement speech
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