Speech CompositionAppleton-Century-Crofts, 1953 - 385 pages |
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... PRACTICE A speaker may learn the science of speaking from a text - book , but speaking itself is an art , founded upon the sciences of rhetoric and psychology , and no art can be learned from books . It is acquired only by constant ...
... PRACTICE A speaker may learn the science of speaking from a text - book , but speaking itself is an art , founded upon the sciences of rhetoric and psychology , and no art can be learned from books . It is acquired only by constant ...
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... practices assiduously , this form of delivery may be effec- tive . It has occasionally been used by great speakers and is still used in intercollegiate oratorical contests , where it may be seen both at its best and at its worst . As ...
... practices assiduously , this form of delivery may be effec- tive . It has occasionally been used by great speakers and is still used in intercollegiate oratorical contests , where it may be seen both at its best and at its worst . As ...
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... practice , not careless practice which allows the unpleasant man- nerisms , the awkward expressions , and the tiresome repetitions to be forged into habits , but painstaking practice , unceasingly refined by criticism both from oneself ...
... practice , not careless practice which allows the unpleasant man- nerisms , the awkward expressions , and the tiresome repetitions to be forged into habits , but painstaking practice , unceasingly refined by criticism both from oneself ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
THE SPEAKERS PERSONAL PROBLEMS | 9 |
THE SPEECH PURPOSE | 52 |
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