Speech CompositionAppleton-Century-Crofts, 1953 - 385 pages |
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... problem at hand , to produce the desired mental set , the neces- sary readiness to respond . ( 2 ) The Problem Step . The next step is to define and diag- nose the specific character of the problem . This involves a critically tested ...
... problem at hand , to produce the desired mental set , the neces- sary readiness to respond . ( 2 ) The Problem Step . The next step is to define and diag- nose the specific character of the problem . This involves a critically tested ...
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... problem we are now concerned . We shall examine its two parts : interest and persuasion . I. INTEREST A. INTEREST AND ATTENTION Every speaker faces what H. A. Overstreet calls a " dead - line of interest . " To his opening words ...
... problem we are now concerned . We shall examine its two parts : interest and persuasion . I. INTEREST A. INTEREST AND ATTENTION Every speaker faces what H. A. Overstreet calls a " dead - line of interest . " To his opening words ...
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... problems , then , are not easy . To start with , if he expects great results , he must be a man of unusual mental ... problem . The lawyer , legislator , and political campaigner , as we have seen , have their target forcibly thrust ...
... problems , then , are not easy . To start with , if he expects great results , he must be a man of unusual mental ... problem . The lawyer , legislator , and political campaigner , as we have seen , have their target forcibly thrust ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
THE SPEAKERS PERSONAL PROBLEMS | 9 |
THE SPEECH PURPOSE | 52 |
Copyright | |
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