The Rhetorical Reader: Consisting of Instructions for Regulating the Voice, with a Rhetorical Notation, Illustrating Inflection, Emphasis, and Modulation ; and a Course of Rhetorical Exercises. Designed for the Use of Academies and High-schoolsGould and Newman, 1838 - 304 pages |
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... strong or weak ? why his pauses are long or short ? - why he makes a difference between a parenthetic clause and another ? -why his voice turns upward on one word , and downward on another ? -why he ends a sentence with a small cadence ...
... strong or weak ? why his pauses are long or short ? - why he makes a difference between a parenthetic clause and another ? -why his voice turns upward on one word , and downward on another ? -why he ends a sentence with a small cadence ...
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... strong emphasis , and beginning on a high and spirited note , is liable to be mistaken , by those little acquainted with the subject , for the rising slide . If one is in doubt which of the two he has employed , on a particular word ...
... strong emphasis , and beginning on a high and spirited note , is liable to be mistaken , by those little acquainted with the subject , for the rising slide . If one is in doubt which of the two he has employed , on a particular word ...
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... those who are guilty of bad actions , is to be guilty ourselves . " " To be pure in heart , to be pious and benévolent , constitutes human happiness . " 4. The vocative case without strong emphasis , when it INFLECTIONS . 31 RULE IV.
... those who are guilty of bad actions , is to be guilty ourselves . " " To be pure in heart , to be pious and benévolent , constitutes human happiness . " 4. The vocative case without strong emphasis , when it INFLECTIONS . 31 RULE IV.
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... strong emphasis , when it is a respectful call to attention , expresses no sense completed , and comes under the in- flection of the suspending pause ; as , Mén , brethren , and fathers , -hearken . " trymen ! -lend me your ears ...
... strong emphasis , when it is a respectful call to attention , expresses no sense completed , and comes under the in- flection of the suspending pause ; as , Mén , brethren , and fathers , -hearken . " trymen ! -lend me your ears ...
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... strong passion express it- self by this turn of voice , that , just so far as the falling slide becomes intensive , it denotes emphatic force . The VIII . IX . and X. rules will illustrate this remark . RULE VII . The indirect question ...
... strong passion express it- self by this turn of voice , that , just so far as the falling slide becomes intensive , it denotes emphatic force . The VIII . IX . and X. rules will illustrate this remark . RULE VII . The indirect question ...
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