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The Art of Public Speaking

by J. Berg Esenwein

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  1. 1Title page
  2. 2Things to Think of First
  3. 3Epigraph
  4. 4Chapter I — Acquiring Confidence Before an Audience
  5. 5Questions and Exercises
  6. 6Chapter II — The Sin of Monotony
  7. 7Questions and Exercises
  8. 8Chapter III — Efficiency Through Emphasis and Subordination
  9. 9Questions and Exercises
  10. 10Chapter IV — Efficiency Through Change of Pitch
  11. 11Questions and Exercises
  12. 12Chapter V — Efficiency Through Change of Pace
  13. 13Questions and Exercises
  14. 14Exercises
  15. 15The Mob
  16. 16Questions and Exercises
  17. 17Chapter VI — Pause and Power
  18. 18Questions and Exercises
  19. 19Chapter VII — Efficiency Through Inflection
  20. 20Questions and Exercises
  21. 21Selections for Practise
  22. 22Chapter VIII — Concentration in Delivery
  23. 23Questions and Exercises
  24. 24Chapter IX — Force
  25. 25Questions and Exercises
  26. 26Chapter X — Feeling and Enthusiasm
  27. 27Questions and Exercises
  28. 28Patrick Henry’s Speech
  29. 29Chapter XI — Fluency Through Preparation
  30. 30Questions and Exercises
  31. 31General Themes
  32. 32Chapter XII — The Voice
  33. 33Questions and Exercises
  34. 34Chapter XIII — Voice Charm
  35. 35Selections for Practise From Milton’s “L’Allegro”
  36. 36Questions and Exercises
  37. 37Chapter XIV — Distinctness and Precision of Utterance
  38. 38Questions and Exercises
  39. 39Chapter XV — The Truth About Gesture
  40. 40Questions and Exercises
  41. 41Chapter XVI — Methods of Delivery
  42. 42Questions and Exercises
  43. 43Chapter XVII — Thought and Reserve Power
  44. 44Questions and Exercises
  45. 45Chapter XVIII — Subject and Preparation
  46. 46Questions and Exercises
  47. 47Chapter XIX — Influencing by Exposition
  48. 48Questions and Exercises
  49. 49Chapter XX — Influencing by Description
  50. 50Chapter XXI — Influencing by Narration
  51. 51Questions and Exercises
  52. 52Chapter XXII — Influencing by Suggestion
  53. 53Invictus
  54. 54Questions and Exercises
  55. 55Chapter XXIII — Influencing by Argument
  56. 56Questions and Exercises
  57. 57Chapter XXIV — Influencing by Persuasion
  58. 58Questions and Exercises
  59. 59Chapter XXV — Influencing the Crowd
  60. 60Chapter XXVI — Riding the Winged Horse
  61. 61Questions and Exercises
  62. 62Chapter XXVII — Growing a Vocabulary
  63. 63Questions and Exercises
  64. 64Chapter XXVIII — Memory Training
  65. 65Questions and Exercises
  66. 66Chapter XXIX — Right Thinking and Personality
  67. 67Questions and Exercises
  68. 68Chapter XXX — After-Dinner and Other Occasional Speaking
  69. 69Questions and Exercises
  70. 70Chapter XXXI — Making Conversation Effective
  71. 71Questions and Exercises
  72. 72Appendices
  73. 73Appendix B
  74. 74Appendix C
  75. 75Appendix D

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