Analysis of the Principles of Rhetorical Delivery as Applied in Reading and SpeakingGould and Newman, 1835 - 404 pages |
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... stress , & c . When the examples are short , as in all the former part of the work , reference may easily be made to any sentence ; and in the long examples , the lines are numbered , on the left hand of the page , to facilitate the ...
... stress , & c . When the examples are short , as in all the former part of the work , reference may easily be made to any sentence ; and in the long examples , the lines are numbered , on the left hand of the page , to facilitate the ...
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... Stress 66 69 71 Absolute Emphatic Stress Antithetic or Relatiye Emphatic Stress 76 78 SECT . 2 . Emphatic Inflection Emphatic Clause . Double Emphasis CHAP . VI . MODULATION SECT . 1 . Faults of Modulation Monotony 80 88 . 91 92 92 92 ...
... Stress 66 69 71 Absolute Emphatic Stress Antithetic or Relatiye Emphatic Stress 76 78 SECT . 2 . Emphatic Inflection Emphatic Clause . Double Emphasis CHAP . VI . MODULATION SECT . 1 . Faults of Modulation Monotony 80 88 . 91 92 92 92 ...
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... stress , and Em- • 205 23. Difference between common & Intensive Inflection 226 EXERCISES ON MODULATION . Exercise 24 . Compass of voice 25 . Transition The power of Eloquence Hohenlinden 227 232 ib . 234 Hamlet's Soliloquy Battle of ...
... stress , and Em- • 205 23. Difference between common & Intensive Inflection 226 EXERCISES ON MODULATION . Exercise 24 . Compass of voice 25 . Transition The power of Eloquence Hohenlinden 227 232 ib . 234 Hamlet's Soliloquy Battle of ...
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... stress , and all the varieties of pitch , quantity of sound , and rate of utterance which sen- timent demands . But he is trammelled with the narrow- ness of language as presented to the eye . He has been accustomed to regard words and ...
... stress , and all the varieties of pitch , quantity of sound , and rate of utterance which sen- timent demands . But he is trammelled with the narrow- ness of language as presented to the eye . He has been accustomed to regard words and ...
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... stress attaches to syl- lables on which it falls , requires them to be spoken in a more full and deliberate manner than others . Hence , if the recurrence of this stress is too close , it occasions heav- iness in utterance ; if too ...
... stress attaches to syl- lables on which it falls , requires them to be spoken in a more full and deliberate manner than others . Hence , if the recurrence of this stress is too close , it occasions heav- iness in utterance ; if too ...
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accent action affirmation Ahimaaz answer antithetic arms articulation behold cadence Cæsar cæsura Christian Cicero circumflex clause common commonly death delivery demands denote distinction earth elocution eloquence emotion emphasis emphatic series example Exercises expressed falling inflection falling slide father fault feeling flection gesture give gospel grave habits hand hast hath hear heard hearers heart heaven hymns Iago imitation imperative mood important Jesus Julius Cæsar king language Lord loud Macd manner mark meaning mind modulation never o'er open vowels orator palms united passion pause phatic pitch poetry preacher principle proper psalms public speaker question reader reading reason remark requires respect rhetorical rising inflection rising slide rule SECT sense sentence sentiment soul sound speak spirit spoken syllables taste Tell thee things thou thought tion tones turn unto utterance variety vocal vowels Walker
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