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... ) low . ( oo ) low and loud . falling inflection . circumflex . KEY OF MODULATION , ( ° ) high , ( .. ) slow . ( = ) quick . ( - ) plaintive . ( I ) rhetorical pause . CONTENTS . page . CHAP . I. READING : its X DIRECTIONS TO TEACHERS .
... ) low . ( oo ) low and loud . falling inflection . circumflex . KEY OF MODULATION , ( ° ) high , ( .. ) slow . ( = ) quick . ( - ) plaintive . ( I ) rhetorical pause . CONTENTS . page . CHAP . I. READING : its X DIRECTIONS TO TEACHERS .
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... falling in- flection , and circumflex . The first may be marked to the eye by a horizontal line , thus , ( - ) the second thus , ( ' ) the third thus , ( ) the fourth thus , ( ~ ) . The monotone is a sameness of sound on successive ...
... falling in- flection , and circumflex . The first may be marked to the eye by a horizontal line , thus , ( - ) the second thus , ( ' ) the third thus , ( ) the fourth thus , ( ~ ) . The monotone is a sameness of sound on successive ...
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... falling inflection . Many , not aware of this difference , have carried Walker's princi- ples to an extreme . In the question , uttered with sur- prise , " Are you going to - day ? " the slide is intensive . But in the following case ...
... falling inflection . Many , not aware of this difference , have carried Walker's princi- ples to an extreme . In the question , uttered with sur- prise , " Are you going to - day ? " the slide is intensive . But in the following case ...
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... falling , I must doubt the accuracy ei- ther of his ear or my own ; for in his examples I can- not distinguish it from the falling slide , modified perhaps by circumstances , but having nothing of that distinctive character , which ...
... falling , I must doubt the accuracy ei- ther of his ear or my own ; for in his examples I can- not distinguish it from the falling slide , modified perhaps by circumstances , but having nothing of that distinctive character , which ...
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... falling . Are they Hébrews ? Are they ' Israelites ? EXAMPLES . So am ' I. So am ' I. Are they the seed of ' Abraham ? Are they ministers of Christ ? Did you not speak to it ? Hold you the watch to - night ? ' Arm'd , say you ? From top ...
... falling . Are they Hébrews ? Are they ' Israelites ? EXAMPLES . So am ' I. So am ' I. Are they the seed of ' Abraham ? Are they ministers of Christ ? Did you not speak to it ? Hold you the watch to - night ? ' Arm'd , say you ? From top ...
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accent action affirmation Ahimaaz answer antithetic arms art thou articulation behold cadence Cæsar cæsura Christian Cicero circumflex clause common death defect delivery demands denote distinction earth elocution eloquence emotion emphasis emphatic series example Exercises expressed falling inflection falling slide father fault feeling gesture give gospel grave habits hand hast hath hear heard hearers heart heaven Iago imitation imperative mood important Jesus Julius Cæsar king language Lord loud Macd manner mark meaning mind modifications of voice modulation never o'er open vowels orator oratory passion pause phatic pitch preacher principle proper psalms public speaker question reader reading reason remarks requires respect rhetorical rising inflection rising slide rule SECT sense sentence sentiment soul sound speak spirit spoken syllables taste tell thee things thou thought tion tones turn unto utterance variety vocal vowels Walker
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