BOOK I.

PRACTICE OF SPEECH.

DEFINITIONS.

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The Object of the Speaker; Characteristics of a good Voice, 9 VOICE FORMATION,-VOCALITY.-Breathing Practice, TONE FORMATION.-Direction of Tone; Position of Jaw, DIRECTION AND VIBRATION OF TONE.-To Open the Throat; Exercises; Benefit of Exercises,

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SUB-VOCALITY.-Tone and Breath Sounds,

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COMBINED ASPIRATION.-To Produce Consonant Sounds;

Base Consonant Formation,

ARTICULATION CHARTS.-Chart of Consonant Articulation;
Blending of Elements,-Chart B,

TONE RANGE AND FLEXIBILITY.-Exercises,

SCALE PRACTICE.-Climax and Transition,

USE OF WORDS.-Examples,

OBSERVATIONS.-Emphatic Sentences; To Determine Em

phasis; Open and Close Vocal Sounds,

VOICE MOVEMENT.-Rising Tones; Falling Tones,

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PITCH OF CONSONANTS.-Emphatic Upward Movement, INFLECTION OF PHRASES-Positive or Negative; Observation, 69

VOICE MOVEMENT.-Swell and Stress; Orotund Tone,
FINAL SWELL.-Abruptness of Speech; Abrupt Open; Ab-
rupt Open and Close; Calling; Shouting; Practice with
Energy of Body; The Gutteral Rattle,

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MELODY.-Intoning Sentences,

PAUSES-Figures of Speech,

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MOVEMENT.-Head Movement; Forward or Backward,

BODY MOVEMENT.-Turning; Extension; Swaying,

WAIST MOVEMENT.-Below the Waist; Kneeling,

ARM MOVEMENT.-Full Arm Stroke; Raising the Arm; Full

Arm Movement; Circle; Combined Circle; Compound

Curves; Horizontal Movement of Arm; Compound Curve;

Pointing; Arm and Foot Movement; Hand Movement,

WRIST MOVEMENT.-Vertical Combined Arm Movement;

Hands together; Long Lines of Gesture,

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MOVEMENT OF EYES.-Movement of Eyebrows and Fore-

Head,

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THE LIPS.-The Nostrils,

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GOOD READING.-The Man Within; Limit of Movements, 115

ACTION.-Subjective and Objective,-Illustration,

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MIND CONCEPTION.-Like and Dislike, Positive or Negative;

the Feet; the Body; the Head; the Eye; Lips and Hands.;

the Sympathetic.

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GESTURE-ACTION.-Gesture, Word Pictures; Gesture, Nega-

tive and Positive; Negative, Positive or Affirmative;

Breathing, Relaxation,

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STAGE MOVEMENTS,

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POSITION OF BODY.-Standing, Stepping, Walking, Run-

ning; Positions of Standing,-

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STEPPING.-The Feet; the Knees; the Arms,

POSITION OF HANDS.-The Line of Movement; Scales of

BOOK I.

PRACTICE OF SPEECH.

"Wit, words and worth; Action and utterance and the power of speech, to stir men's blood!"-Shakespeare.

-"Many an idea has been driven home by an explosive tone."Beecher.

"Do nothing in imitation of a teacher,-avoid all his mannerisms. But, if he shows you underlying principles of speaking,-exercises to develop and train your voice, to make you graceful in gesture, practice perseveringly, patiently and critically."-Jno. B. Gough, Lecture on Eloquence.