Speech CompositionAppleton-Century-Crofts, 1953 - 385 pages |
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... VIVID " Logicians may reason about abstractions ; but the great mass of men must have images , " said Macaulay , and modern psychologists agree emphatically . Be specific ; employ words that paint a definite picture . Rather than say ...
... VIVID " Logicians may reason about abstractions ; but the great mass of men must have images , " said Macaulay , and modern psychologists agree emphatically . Be specific ; employ words that paint a definite picture . Rather than say ...
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... vivid , attention approaches the involun- tary , and the hearers follow the speaker with little or no effort . In so far , then , as practical results are concerned , the difference between a vivid style and a sluggish style is the ...
... vivid , attention approaches the involun- tary , and the hearers follow the speaker with little or no effort . In so far , then , as practical results are concerned , the difference between a vivid style and a sluggish style is the ...
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... vivid , and vividness is the sine qua non of all speeches . Let us hope that the time will soon come when the dull speaker , even at commencement exercises , will be out of em- ployment and there will be enough of the vivid speakers ...
... vivid , and vividness is the sine qua non of all speeches . Let us hope that the time will soon come when the dull speaker , even at commencement exercises , will be out of em- ployment and there will be enough of the vivid speakers ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
THE SPEAKERS PERSONAL PROBLEMS | 9 |
THE SPEECH PURPOSE | 52 |
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