Literaturespeaking topic
“Language is wine upon the lips.”
— Virginia Woolf
hint ✧ An image about the taste and pleasure of language; speak about how words can intoxicate and envelop us.
practice with this topic
Set the timer (5-30 min), take 20 seconds of prep if you like, start talking. Jot your thoughts onto the sticky-note board.
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