Speech CompositionAppleton-Century-Crofts, 1953 - 385 pages |
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... given to Edward Everett Hale when he was a young man still applies : " If you want to be a good public speaker , whenever anyone is fool enough to ask you to speak , you be fool enough to do it . " II . CHOOSING A SUBJECT Perhaps the ...
... given to Edward Everett Hale when he was a young man still applies : " If you want to be a good public speaker , whenever anyone is fool enough to ask you to speak , you be fool enough to do it . " II . CHOOSING A SUBJECT Perhaps the ...
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... given , but upon which the listener fails to act in the usual course of his life . 6 5 H. B. Gislason , " An Approach to Persuasion , " Quarterly Journal of Speech , April , 1933 , page 177 . 6 The meaning of " stimulate " should not be ...
... given , but upon which the listener fails to act in the usual course of his life . 6 5 H. B. Gislason , " An Approach to Persuasion , " Quarterly Journal of Speech , April , 1933 , page 177 . 6 The meaning of " stimulate " should not be ...
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... given by a single word , but , as they grow more complex or deal with larger speech divisions , they require a phrase , a sentence , or even a whole paragraph . For the sake of clearness alone , to say nothing of other con- siderations ...
... given by a single word , but , as they grow more complex or deal with larger speech divisions , they require a phrase , a sentence , or even a whole paragraph . For the sake of clearness alone , to say nothing of other con- siderations ...
Contents
THE SEVEN Lamps OF SPEECH Development | 3 |
THE SPEAKERS PERSONAL PROBLEMS | 9 |
THE SPEECH PURPOSE | 32 |
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