The Training of a Public Speaker
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THE TRAINING OF A PUBLIC SPEAKER
BY
GRENVILLE KLEISER
Formerly Instructor in Public Speaking at Yale Divinity School, Yale University. Author of "How to Speak in Public," "Great Speeches and How to Make Them," "Complete Guide to Public Speak- ing," "How to Build Mental Power," "Talks on Talking," etc., etc.
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
NEW YORK AND LONDON 1920
Copyright, 1920, by
NEW YORK AND LONDON 1920
Copyright, 1920, by
GRENVILLE KLEISER
[Printed in the United States of America]
Published, February, 1920
Copyright Under the Articles of the Copyright Convention of the Pan-American Republics and the United States, August 11, 1910
[Printed in the United States of America]
Published, February, 1920
Copyright Under the Articles of the Copyright Convention of the Pan-American Republics and the United States, August 11, 1910
CONTENTS
PREFACE
RHETORIC AND ELOQUENCE
WHAT RHETORIC IS
THE USE OF RHETORIC
THE VALUE OF THE GIFT OF SPEECH
THE ART OF SPEAKING
IS ELOQUENCE A GIFT OF NATURE?
RHETORIC AND MISREPRESENTATION
THE OBJECT OF A SPEECH
ELOQUENCE ACQUIRED BY STUDY AND PRACTISE
THE EXORDIUM OR INTRODUCTION
THE PURPOSE OF THE INTRODUCTION
IDEAS TO AVOID AND TO INCLUDE
STUDYING YOUR HEARERS
AROUSING EMOTIONS
MATERIAL FOR THE INTRODUCTION
TWO TYPES OF INTRODUCTIONS
HOW TO SELECT THE RIGHT BEGINNING
THE VALUE OF NATURALNESS
THE NEED OF SIMPLICITY OF EXPRESSION
"TYING UP" THE INTRODUCTION
THE NARRATION
THE TWO KINDS OF NARRATION
HOW TO MAKE THE CONCLUSION
PURPOSES OF THE NARRATION
THE QUALITIES NEEDED FOR SUCCESS
GETTING YOUR STATEMENTS ACCEPTED
THE ORDER OF THE NARRATION
DIVISION AND ARGUMENT
THE MISTAKE OF TOO MANY DIVISIONS
DISADVANTAGES OF DIVISIONS
WHEN THE DIVISION IS DESIRABLE
PITFALLS IN ARGUMENT
ESSENTIALS OF GOOD ARGUMENT
THE BEST ORDER OF THE ARGUMENT
THE PERORATION
RULES FOR THE PERORATION
PURPOSES OF THE PERORATION
HOW TO AROUSE EMOTIONS
PASSION AND PERSUASION
QUALITIES NEEDED IN THE ORATOR
THE SECRET OF MOVING THE PASSIONS
THE POWER OF MENTAL IMAGERY
RULES FOR PRACTISE
THE STUDY OF WORDS
THE PROPER VALUE OF WORDS
THE DANGER OF VERBIAGE
ACQUIRING A PRACTICAL VOCABULARY
HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORDS
ELEGANCE AND GRACE
THE VALUE OF BEAUTY OF EXPRESSION
DEVELOPING VARIETY OF STYLE
THE CHOICE OF WORDS
THE MANNER OF DELIVERY
FAULTS OF EXPRESSION TO AVOID
USE OF VIVID DESCRIPTION
HOW TO EMPLOY SIMILES AND METAPHORS
COMPOSITION AND STYLE
THE POWER OF SKILFUL COMPOSITION
THE ESSENTIALS OF GOOD COMPOSITION
1. Order
2. Connection
3. Number
THE COMPOSITION OF PERIODS
THE USE OF PERIODS
FITTING EXPRESSION TO THOUGHT
FAULTS IN COMPOSITION
COPIOUSNESS OF WORDS
THE RIGHT WORD IN THE RIGHT PLACE
THE VALUE OF HEARING SPEAKERS
THE ADVANTAGES OF READING
HOW TO READ MOST PROFITABLY
WHAT TO READ
QUALITIES OF CLASSIC WRITERS
Homer
Æschylus
Sophocles and Euripides
Thucydides and Herodotus
Demosthenes
Lysias and Isocrates
Plato
Xenophon
Aristotle and Theophrastus
Vergil
Cicero
Cæsar
Philosophers
Seneca
KNOWLEDGE AND SELF-CONFIDENCE
THOROUGH INFORMATION INDISPENSABLE
THE MANNER OF THE SPEAKER
THE NEED OF GOOD DELIVERY
THE TEST OF AN ORATION
AVOIDING OSTENTATION
DO NOT ABUSE YOUR OPPONENT
THOROUGH PREPARATION ESSENTIAL
CONCLUSION
TAKING TIME FOR STUDY
THE REWARDS OF ELOQUENCE
ADVERTISEMENTS
How to Read and Declaim
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