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... thoughts will be hazy and in- definite . The speaker's muddled and obscured thought will be reflected in muddled and obscure language with a conse- quent slowing up in effectiveness . This is true , because thought and language are ...
... thoughts will be hazy and in- definite . The speaker's muddled and obscured thought will be reflected in muddled and obscure language with a conse- quent slowing up in effectiveness . This is true , because thought and language are ...
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... thought across to his audience puts only half a thought across . The significance and impressiveness of a thought are often carried as much by the correlated emphasis and inflection of word , phrase , and sentence as by the language ...
... thought across to his audience puts only half a thought across . The significance and impressiveness of a thought are often carried as much by the correlated emphasis and inflection of word , phrase , and sentence as by the language ...
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... thought . What thought lodged in the mind of an auditor will best accomplish the desired result ? ( 3 ) Analysis of this central thought into three or four propositions , the enforcement and illustration of which will serve to fasten in ...
... thought . What thought lodged in the mind of an auditor will best accomplish the desired result ? ( 3 ) Analysis of this central thought into three or four propositions , the enforcement and illustration of which will serve to fasten in ...
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INTRODUCTORY | 3 |
METHODS OF SPEAKING II | 11 |
THE SPEAKER | 22 |
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