AYA Educational Inst. Source: Improving Your Storytelling by: Doug Lipman	Written Language Elements Used To Convey Meaning	Oral Language Elements Used To Convey Meaning
	Letters that form Words	Words
	Punctuation	Tone
	Typographical devices - typefaces, fonts, sizes, italics, indentations, etc.	Gestures
	Pictures- graphic elements such as diagrams	Posture
	Book itself - size, thickness, color, paper quality, type; binding, etc.	Facial Expression
		Eye behaviors
		Space relative to listeners (distance, up or down, etc.
		Characterization through clusters
		Humor through contrast
		Transitions
		Time Based Language
		Non Reversible Time
		Pauses
		Rhythm and Tempo
		Repetition
		The Uncrowed Stage