A Handbook of American SpeechScott, Foresman, 1916 - 240 páginas |
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... possible cavity through which a vowel can pass . One cannot make the sound ee with the reso- nance chamber and the lips shaped for oo or for ah , or vice versa . Try it and see . Repeat this " scale " of vocal sounds down and up until ...
... possible cavity through which a vowel can pass . One cannot make the sound ee with the reso- nance chamber and the lips shaped for oo or for ah , or vice versa . Try it and see . Repeat this " scale " of vocal sounds down and up until ...
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... possible . Keep it forward out of the throat and down out of the nose , and do not ob- struct it by teeth or lips . The help of an instructor may be necessary ; if so , get it . It will be hard to go forward in voice work until you can ...
... possible . Keep it forward out of the throat and down out of the nose , and do not ob- struct it by teeth or lips . The help of an instructor may be necessary ; if so , get it . It will be hard to go forward in voice work until you can ...
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... possible for a speaker to express exactly what he thinks and feels . It is important , therefore , to discover if possible how to make oral expression interpret written expression . Oral expression more accu- rately expresses thought ...
... possible for a speaker to express exactly what he thinks and feels . It is important , therefore , to discover if possible how to make oral expression interpret written expression . Oral expression more accu- rately expresses thought ...
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... possible , attractive . Nothing adds greater charm to a personality than a pleas- ing voice , which means a voice whose quality is beautiful . The most attractive appearance may be spoiled by a disagreeable voice ; and by the same token ...
... possible , attractive . Nothing adds greater charm to a personality than a pleas- ing voice , which means a voice whose quality is beautiful . The most attractive appearance may be spoiled by a disagreeable voice ; and by the same token ...
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... to have much concert recitation . So far as is possible , voices should be grouped together according to their natural pitch and the groups handled separately . If unison exercises are necessary , 108 AMERICAN SPEECH.
... to have much concert recitation . So far as is possible , voices should be grouped together according to their natural pitch and the groups handled separately . If unison exercises are necessary , 108 AMERICAN SPEECH.
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Abraham Lincoln AH AH ah and ay ah and ee ah and oo ah sound American speech audience breath cavity chest clear consonant sounds cried dance death debate dialect diaphragm discussion downward inflection Emphasizing a word Exercise eyes father faulty fire fool hand hard palate heard heart Jacob Marley jaws larynx lips listen live lungs means memory mouth muscles Nana Sahib nasal nasal cavity never notes oral Oregon trail organs of speech pause position practice produce Pronounce pupils quality of tone rebuttal Rip Van Winkle Scrooge sentence side smile soft palate soldier Sonants SOUND-FRONT SOUND-SIDE speaker speaking speech organs spirit stood syllable teacher teeth thing thought throat contraction throat murmur added Tiny Tim tongue vocal cords voice wonderful АН АН АН ОН АН ОН АН ОН
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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.