Elements of Public SpeakingGinn, 1916 - 333 ページ It is the purpose of this textbook to present a cleare statement of the elements of speaking via accurately expressed theory and a method of practice. |
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९९ able accent accomplish action Alexander Melville Bell attempt attention audience becomes beginning Bobby Shaftoe body breath chapter clear clearly color common consonant constantly conversation cultivation declamation definite desirable diaphragm discussion earnestness effective elements emotions employed entirely enunciation essential expression falling inflections fault feeling force gain gesture Gettysburg address give given habit hands hearers idea important impulse Julius Cæsar kind less listen Lord Chatham lungs manner means mechanical merely mind mispronounced short mode of delivery monotony movement muscles natural necessary needs never occasion orator outline pause phrase pipe organ platform principle pronounced pronunciation public speaking purpose rate of utterance reserve power result rhythm sentence sion Smiley Blanton speaker speech plan stand student suggested syllables teacher theme thing thought tion tone topic usually vocal emphasis vocal stress voice vowel vowel sounds Wendell Phillips Whig words
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