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Página 73
It is better to require an audience to make an effort to hear than to tire its ears by
too loud speaking . Nothing is less effective or more offensive than continual
shouting when there is no occasion for it ; and by the same token it is affected
and ...
It is better to require an audience to make an effort to hear than to tire its ears by
too loud speaking . Nothing is less effective or more offensive than continual
shouting when there is no occasion for it ; and by the same token it is affected
and ...
Página 92
If this is true of shorthand writers , what may be said of the hearing power of the
ordinary class of pupils or of the average audience such as is found in a church ,
in a court room , at a political meeting , or at a lecture ? 100. Exercise . To find out
...
If this is true of shorthand writers , what may be said of the hearing power of the
ordinary class of pupils or of the average audience such as is found in a church ,
in a court room , at a political meeting , or at a lecture ? 100. Exercise . To find out
...
Página 93
sentences involved , and the words themselves necessarily larger and less
familiar , the rate must be lessened if the audience is to grasp the ideas . It is well
known that few persons can readily think in erms abstract or unfamiliar .
sentences involved , and the words themselves necessarily larger and less
familiar , the rate must be lessened if the audience is to grasp the ideas . It is well
known that few persons can readily think in erms abstract or unfamiliar .
Página 99
One should not converse nor address an audience as he would recite the
multiplication table . 112. Orotund quality . The quality of tone commonly denoted
by the somewhat fearsome term orotund is characterized , says the International
...
One should not converse nor address an audience as he would recite the
multiplication table . 112. Orotund quality . The quality of tone commonly denoted
by the somewhat fearsome term orotund is characterized , says the International
...
Página 136
There are four reasons for speaking to an audience : 1. To entertain it . 2. To
explain something that you want it to know . 3. To convince it that it should
believe as you do . 4. To get it to act as you would have it act . A single purpose
may prompt ...
There are four reasons for speaking to an audience : 1. To entertain it . 2. To
explain something that you want it to know . 3. To convince it that it should
believe as you do . 4. To get it to act as you would have it act . A single purpose
may prompt ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
AH OH AH American attention audience better body breath building called chest clear close comes common consonant cried death debate discussion effect Emphasizing Exercise express eyes face facts feel fire forced frequently give given hand hard hear heard heart important inflection interest issue Italy keep kind land light Lincoln lips live looked material means nasal nature never normal notes OH AH OH oral organs palate pause persons pitch position possible practice produce Pronounce pupils reason Repeat Scrooge sentence side soft speaker speaking speech spirit stand stop teacher thing thought throat tone tongue turned usually voice vowel sounds whole words
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Página 89 - Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door, Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door: This it is and nothing more.
Página 74 - Where's Van Bummel, the schoolmaster?" "He went off to the wars too, was a great militia general, and is now in congress." Rip's heart died away at hearing of these sad changes in his home and friends, and finding himself thus alone in the world. Every answer puzzled him too, by treating of such enormous lapses of time, and of matters which he could not understand: war— congress— Stony Point— he had no courage to ask after any more friends, but cried out in despair, "Does nobody here know Rip...
Página 86 - Ye whose hearts are fresh and simple, Who have faith in God and Nature, Who believe that in all ages Every human heart is human, That in even savage bosoms There are longings, yearnings, strivings For the good they comprehend not, That the feeble hands and helpless, Groping blindly in the darkness, Touch God's right hand in that darkness And are lifted up and strengthened;— Listen to this simple story, To this Song of Hiawatha!
Página 88 - Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full Of direst cruelty ! make thick my blood, Stop up the access and passage to remorse, That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my fell purpose...
Página 73 - They crowded round him, eying him from head to foot with great curiosity. The orator bustled up to him, and, drawing him partly aside, inquired on which side he voted.
Página 72 - For some time Rip lay musing on this scene; evening was gradually advancing; the mountains began to throw their long blue shadows over the valleys; he saw that it would be dark long before he could reach the village, and he heaved a heavy sigh when he thought of encountering the terrors of Dame Van Winkle. As he was about to descend, he heard a voice from a distance, hallooing, "Rip Van Winkle! Rip Van Winkle!
Página 116 - A hurry of hoofs in a village street, A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark, And beneath, from the pebbles, in passing a spark Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet; That was all! And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate of a nation was riding that night; And the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat.
Página 116 - The year's at the spring And day's at the morn; Morning's at seven; The hill-side's dew-pearled; The lark's on the wing; The snail's on the thorn: God's in his heaven — All's right with the world!
Página 87 - Let our object be, OUR COUNTRY, OUR WHOLE COUNTRY, AND NOTHING BUT OUR COUNTRY. And, by the blessing of God, may that country itself become a vast and splendid monument, not of oppression and terror, but of Wisdom, of Peace, and of Liberty, upon which the world may gaze with admiration forever...
Página 69 - His hat was off before he opened the door; his comforter, too. He was on his stool in a jiffy; driving away with his pen, as if he were trying to overtake nine o'clock. "Hallo!" growled Scrooge, in his accustomed voice as near as he could feign it. "What do you mean by coming here at this time of day?" "I am very sorry, sir," said Bob. "I am behind my time.
Informação bibliográfica
| Título | A Handbook of American Speech |
| Autor | Calvin Leslie Lewis |
| Editora | Scott, Foresman, 1916 |
| Original de | Universidade de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 8 Fev 2007 |
| Número de páginas | 240 páginas |
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