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    Oratory Techniques for Effective Opening Statements and Summations

    October 8, 2012

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    Negligence on the part of a truck driver for failing to stop for a red light.

    Negligence on the part of the truck driver for causing this horrible accident.

    The use of this device is equally available to the defense of a case. Imagine the same scenario with one additional fact. The little girl's father was texting at the time of the accident. Rather than simply stating this crucial fact in one sentence, appropriate emphasis can serve to clarify comparative fault.

    To understand when this accident took place.

    To understand why this accident took place.

    To understand how this accident occurred.

    You must first understand what this little girl's father was doing.

    And you must understand what he was not doing.

    He was not looking at the road.

    He was not looking at the lights.

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