Speech CompositionF. S. Crofts & Company, 1937 - 385 pages |
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... style is intended for the eye and the other for the ear . The reader may absorb at leisure ; the hearer must take it ... style is this : Written style must be ultimately intelligible to the reader . Spoken style must be instantly ...
... style is intended for the eye and the other for the ear . The reader may absorb at leisure ; the hearer must take it ... style is this : Written style must be ultimately intelligible to the reader . Spoken style must be instantly ...
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... style , the difference between written and spoken style , and the rhetorical principles of speech organization . We now come to a consideration of the specific qualities of good style . Authori- ties are generally agreed that there are ...
... style , the difference between written and spoken style , and the rhetorical principles of speech organization . We now come to a consideration of the specific qualities of good style . Authori- ties are generally agreed that there are ...
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... style is vivid , attention approaches the involun- tary , and the hearers follow the speaker with little or no effort . In so far , then , as practical results are concerned , the difference between a vivid style and a sluggish style is ...
... style is vivid , attention approaches the involun- tary , and the hearers follow the speaker with little or no effort . In so far , then , as practical results are concerned , the difference between a vivid style and a sluggish style is ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
THE SPEAKERS PERSONAL PROBLEMS | 9 |
THE SPEECH PURPOSE | 52 |
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