Speech CompositionF. S. Crofts & Company, 1937 - 385 pages |
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... SITUATION What is meant by " speech situation " ? Obviously , when any speech is given , there are present four elements- ( 1 ) the speaker , ( 2 ) the audience , ( 3 ) the occasion , and ( 4 ) the subject . These four make up the ...
... SITUATION What is meant by " speech situation " ? Obviously , when any speech is given , there are present four elements- ( 1 ) the speaker , ( 2 ) the audience , ( 3 ) the occasion , and ( 4 ) the subject . These four make up the ...
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... situation , his task is henceforth lighter . How can he command the situation ? Cicero fittingly answered this query twenty centuries ago . The speaker , he said , must " render the audience well disposed , attentive , and open to ...
... situation , his task is henceforth lighter . How can he command the situation ? Cicero fittingly answered this query twenty centuries ago . The speaker , he said , must " render the audience well disposed , attentive , and open to ...
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... situation , it must accept the conclusion which that situation implied . [ Italics mine . ] According to formal designation the work was not argument - and yet how powerfully the speaker had argued and won his point . Let us illustrate ...
... situation , it must accept the conclusion which that situation implied . [ Italics mine . ] According to formal designation the work was not argument - and yet how powerfully the speaker had argued and won his point . Let us illustrate ...
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CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
THE SPEAKERS PERSONAL PROBLEMS | 9 |
THE SPEECH PURPOSE | 52 |
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