Analytic Elocution (Classic Reprint): Containing Studies, Theoretical and Practical, of Expressive Speech: Containing Studies, Theoretical and Practical, of Expressive Speech (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

James E. Murdoch

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1332099327 ISBN 13: 9781332099320

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Master the art of expressive speaking with a practical, time-tested approach. This guide presents clear methods for shaping voice and delivery, from basic breath and pitch to the finer points of rhythm, cadence, and emphasis. Grounded in classic authorities and enriched with modern practice, it helps you express thought and feeling with confidence.

This edition compiles foundational principles, step-by-step drills, and illustrated discussions on how to use voice to convey meaning. It balances theoretical insight with hands-on exercises, so students can develop a flexible, expressive voice while maintaining natural, persuasive speech.

• Learn the five core elements of spoken language: Pitch, Quality, Force, Abruptness, and Time.


• Explore concrete techniques for breathing, articulation, and melodic movement to support clear communication.


• Practice with guided exercises on tones, waves, stresses, and cadences to shape expressive delivery.


• Study practical examples and selections to see how expressive speech works in real language and rhetoric.

Ideal for students of elocution, teachers of public speaking, or anyone seeking a more powerful, natural voice in everyday conversation and performance.

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Excerpt from Analytic Elocution: Containing Studies, Theoretical and Practical, of Expressive Speech

The theory and practice of a true method should develop the vocal powers, side by side with the growth of the mind, and by the time the student has reached the high schools and institutions of advanced learning, he should be able to deliver his essays and papers with the same proficiency that he displays in their verbal or written form.

The scholar, in gaining control and use of the voice in the expres sion of all the emotions, unconsciously to himself, overcomes that constrained, awkward bearing; which in many cases arises from the conviction that he does not know how to do that which is required of him.

I do not consider that the treatment of the subject in the present manual is an exhaustive one. The art is, it may be said, in its infancy, and certain principles require elaboration which in time will be universally understood.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1332099327
• ISBN 13: 9781332099320
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512