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Page 108
... attention to one idea . Notice one more state- ment , that of President Angell : 3 " No idea can dominate our movements which does not catch and hold attention . When we can keep our attention firmly fixed upon a line of conduct , to ...
... attention to one idea . Notice one more state- ment , that of President Angell : 3 " No idea can dominate our movements which does not catch and hold attention . When we can keep our attention firmly fixed upon a line of conduct , to ...
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... attention ? This only presents the problem from another angle , for the speaker faces the difficulty of holding attention under very trying circumstances . Many things distract the attention of the man in the audience — flies ...
... attention ? This only presents the problem from another angle , for the speaker faces the difficulty of holding attention under very trying circumstances . Many things distract the attention of the man in the audience — flies ...
Page 240
... attention and inter- est . He jars and forces attention by his action . Has not the student observed this situation ? During a speech if some one gets up to open a window , or if some one smacks his forehead to kill a fly , or drops a ...
... attention and inter- est . He jars and forces attention by his action . Has not the student observed this situation ? During a speech if some one gets up to open a window , or if some one smacks his forehead to kill a fly , or drops a ...
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INTRODUCTORY ཁ ཌ སྶ ཨཽ ཉ སྒྱུ 8 སྶ 124 | 3 |
METHODS OF SPEAKING | 11 |
THE SPEAKER | 22 |
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action after-dinner speech appeal argument arouse attention audience begin body BRANDER MATTHEWS breath Bruce Barton central idea Chap chapter circumflex communicating meaning conclusion concrete definite demand Demosthenes desire E. H. HARRIMAN effective emotions EXERCISES experience expression Extempore Speaking eyes fact feel force gesture hand Henry Ward Beecher honor human humor illustrations impression individual inflection interest introduction Ivory Soap language Laughter listener lives logical manner matter ment mental imagery mind muscles nation nature never occasion orator outline pause personality phrase platform possible practice problem proposition Psychology public speaking question reading reason relaxed sense sentence Shurter speaker specific purpose speech material stage fright story student suggestion talk tell tend things thought tion tone Toussaint L'Ouverture vivid VOCABULARY DRILL voice Walter Dill Scott Wendell Phillips words