Speech CompositionF. S. Crofts & Company, 1937 - 385 pages |
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... hearers ' logical objections is an important step toward action , but not enough . The speaker must picture the ideas so vividly that the hearers , so to speak , can see , hear , feel , taste , and smell . ( It is a well- known fact ...
... hearers ' logical objections is an important step toward action , but not enough . The speaker must picture the ideas so vividly that the hearers , so to speak , can see , hear , feel , taste , and smell . ( It is a well- known fact ...
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... hearers may easily remember them . Says J. H. Gardiner on this point : " If you can sum up your arguments so that your readers [ hearers ] will go off and unconsciously retail your points to their neighbors , you probably have them ...
... hearers may easily remember them . Says J. H. Gardiner on this point : " If you can sum up your arguments so that your readers [ hearers ] will go off and unconsciously retail your points to their neighbors , you probably have them ...
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... hearers ' desires . It must be delayed until some future time when circumstances permit the action , as , for example , when the hearers are asked to vote two months hence , or to lead better lives to - morrow . At the moment of ...
... hearers ' desires . It must be delayed until some future time when circumstances permit the action , as , for example , when the hearers are asked to vote two months hence , or to lead better lives to - morrow . At the moment of ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
THE SPEAKERS PERSONAL PROBLEMS | 9 |
THE SPEECH PURPOSE | 52 |
Copyright | |
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