Speech CompositionAppleton-Century-Crofts, 1953 - 385 pages |
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... HUMAN NATURE Some speakers , like some conversationalists , are " unloaders . " They speak to relieve themselves and not to interest or per- suade their hearers . It ought to be obvious that a speaker should consider his audience and ...
... HUMAN NATURE Some speakers , like some conversationalists , are " unloaders . " They speak to relieve themselves and not to interest or per- suade their hearers . It ought to be obvious that a speaker should consider his audience and ...
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... human element which lies underneath all culture , which is more universal and more important than all special attributes , which is the great generic bond of humanity between man and man . If I ever saw one of those men in my church , I ...
... human element which lies underneath all culture , which is more universal and more important than all special attributes , which is the great generic bond of humanity between man and man . If I ever saw one of those men in my church , I ...
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... human wants , and arguments which merely appeal to " human reason " without touching human wants will be ineffective . But the purist of reason will demand : " Do you mean to ad- vocate that we lower ourselves by appealing to sordid ...
... human wants , and arguments which merely appeal to " human reason " without touching human wants will be ineffective . But the purist of reason will demand : " Do you mean to ad- vocate that we lower ourselves by appealing to sordid ...
Contents
THE SEVEN Lamps OF SPEECH Development | 3 |
THE SPEAKERS PERSONAL PROBLEMS | 9 |
THE SPEECH PURPOSE | 32 |
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