Speech CompositionAppleton-Century-Crofts, 1953 - 385 pages |
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Page 123
... INTEREST A. INTEREST AND ATTENTION Every speaker faces what H. A. Overstreet calls a " dead - line of interest . " To his opening words listeners tend to say , " Ho hum ! " and after that , " So what ? " If he can cross that dead - line ...
... INTEREST A. INTEREST AND ATTENTION Every speaker faces what H. A. Overstreet calls a " dead - line of interest . " To his opening words listeners tend to say , " Ho hum ! " and after that , " So what ? " If he can cross that dead - line ...
Page 133
... Interest . Things that mean success or failure , life or death , hold our interest . Any speaker who can show that his theme is of genuine , vital interest to his audience will not find their interest flagging . The medical quack who ...
... Interest . Things that mean success or failure , life or death , hold our interest . Any speaker who can show that his theme is of genuine , vital interest to his audience will not find their interest flagging . The medical quack who ...
Page 324
... interests , occupations , and ages . Unlike the commencement audience or the professional organization , the popular lecturer's audience is not drawn together because of any special interest in one subject . Its members have come simply ...
... interests , occupations , and ages . Unlike the commencement audience or the professional organization , the popular lecturer's audience is not drawn together because of any special interest in one subject . Its members have come simply ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
THE SPEAKERS PERSONAL PROBLEMS | 9 |
THE SPEECH PURPOSE | 52 |
Copyright | |
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