A. Yes; this is partly due to the size of the vocal passage beyond the glottis.

Q. To what other cause may the change in the shape of the vocal cords be attributed?

A. To the recession or uplifting of the tongue, when the pharynx or mouth is closed, and to the narrowing of the space between the teeth, or the closing of the lips. It then requires more effort to force the sound through the passage so obstructed, and this effort largely falls upon the vocal cords, changing their shape.

Q. What is the epiglottis?

A. A valve or lid which is opened during speech and breathing and closed in the act of swallowing.

Q. Where does the epiglottis lie ?
A. On the top of the larynx.

Q. What is the "Adam's apple"?

A. The prominence formed by the front part of the larynx, so called from the notion that a part of the forbidden fruit stuck in Adam's throat.

Q. What constitutes the roof of the mouth? A. The hard palate.

Q. What is the hard palate?

A. That portion of the roof of the mouth which ends in front with the arch formed by the roots of the teeth.

Q. What constitutes the back of the mouth?
A. The pharynx walls and the soft palate.
Q. What is the uvula?

A. The hanging portion of the soft palate. Q. What vocal organ most affects the vowel sounds?

A. The tongue, whose every movement produces a modification of the vowel sounds making their number indefinite.

Q. What is the service of the lips in speech?

A. To "round" an important class of sounds. The lips are used much less in English than in the European tongues.

Q. How may correct sounds be produced?

A. By the correct use of the organs of speech. Q. What part do the cheeks play in the making of correct sounds?

A. But a small part, practically none at all, in the differentiation of English sounds.

ON READING ALOUD

Question. What is required in reading aloud well?

Answer. First, the ability to give thoughts to your listeners.

Q. For what do readers usually strive?

A. For mechanical perfection in speaking words and in giving attractive action, however irrelevant it may be.

Q. What is the second requirement for good reading?

A. That your eye be educated to glance ahead and quickly comprehend what is coming, that you may look at your audience, thereby emphasizing the main thought. A very good way to gain facility along this line is to place your book or manuscript on a table and walk by it and around it, glancing at it for promptings as seldom as possible.

Q. Give another requirement for good reading. A. A pleasing voice with theoretical and practical knowledge of its use.

Q. What is the vital requirement for good reading?

A. The possession of that intangible, elusive something, termed "individuality," which defies definition but which instantly communicates itself to the listener.

Q. What is the difference between individuality and personality?

A. Individuality is the broader, bigger, more comprehensive term. It is the ego, the real man shining through his personality, which in a sense is external.

Q. What should be both a duty and a pleasure when you first come in touch with a new book or poem

?

A. A consideration of the author. Who is he? Is he living? What has he written? How does the book or selection you have in hand rank among his writings? Is this his major performance? For instance: "The Star Spangled Banner," by Francis Scott Key; "Home, Sweet Home," by John Howard Payne; "America," by Samuel F. Smith; "Pilgrim's Progress," by John Bunyan; "The Arabian Nights," translated from the Arabic. In considering the greater poets-Shakespeare, Browning, Tennyson, Longfellow, Whittier, and others-it is difficult to choose one poem or play on which the fame of any of them can be said to rest.

Q. What is the next consideration?

A. The title.

Q. What should be expected of a title?

A. That it give a suggestion of what is to come and indicate the tendency of the writing.

Q. Mention some good titles.

A. "Much Ado About Nothing," "A Blot on the 'Scutcheon," "The Psalm of Life," "The Deserted Village."

Q. Mention some obscure titles.

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A. "Twelfth Night," "Sordello," " Sonnets from the Portuguese," "Childe Harold." hoe" or "Sordello" might mean a man, a book, or a city.

Q. What other points are associated with that of the title?

A. The classification of the work or selection ; its metre or time, if it be poetry; its nature, whether humorous, pathetic, tragic, narrative, descriptive, characterizing, or a combination of two or more of these qualities.

Q. Which is the more difficult to read well, prose or poetry?

A. Poetry.
Q. Why?

A. It requires more imagination and a more delicate ear to keep the rhyme and rhythm of