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... sentence structure . In sentence structure , as in all forms of art , variety is necessary for interest , clearness , and force . A most monotonous and uninteresting speech it would be if all sentences of a person's speech began and ...
... sentence structure . In sentence structure , as in all forms of art , variety is necessary for interest , clearness , and force . A most monotonous and uninteresting speech it would be if all sentences of a person's speech began and ...
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... sentences of medium length , but do not fail to give variety to your sentence structure by using effectively both the long and the short sentences . Loose and periodic sentences . The purpose of the loose sentence , the sentence so ...
... sentences of medium length , but do not fail to give variety to your sentence structure by using effectively both the long and the short sentences . Loose and periodic sentences . The purpose of the loose sentence , the sentence so ...
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... sentence ? When is it used in speech effectively ? What is meant by a short sentence ? What is its effect as a beginning sentence ? as a sentence in the midst of longer sentences ? What is the effect of a series of short sentences ? 2 ...
... sentence ? When is it used in speech effectively ? What is meant by a short sentence ? What is its effect as a beginning sentence ? as a sentence in the midst of longer sentences ? What is the effect of a series of short sentences ? 2 ...
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according action Alfred Noyes amendment Articulation Assignment audience Barty breath Bring to class bylaws called chair chairman character Choose Circumflex comedy committee consonants conversation courtesy David Copperfield debate deductive reasoning definite diacritic dialect diphthongs drama Edmond Rostand English etiquette exercises Explanations expression feeling front vowel gesture give given Group individual inflections interest interpretation Julius Cæsar Key words lips main motion Malaprop Mally manner meeting Merchant of Venice method mid vowels Modern move One-Act Plays open forum pantomime pause person phonetic phrase Pickwick platform poem Polonius practice Pronounce pronunciation question read aloud rehearsals resonance ROBERT BROWNING Rudyard Kipling rules scene selection Self-appraisal sentence short speaker speaking SPEECH ATTAINMENTS Chapter speech topics stage story Story-telling student Suggested References syllables thought tion tongue Transcribe and read voice voiceless vote WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE