Exercises In Elocution Exemplifying The Rules And Principles Of The Art Of Reading

Exercises in Elocution

Exercises in Elocution

This classic textbook is an invaluable resource for anyone looking to improve their reading and speaking skills. With numerous exercises and examples, Russell's book takes readers through the fundamentals of elocution, from the basics of pronunciation and intonation to the nuances of inflection and expression. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Exercises in Elocution; Exemplifying the Rules and Principles of the Art of Reading

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1841 edition. Excerpt: ... MISCELLANEOUS EXERCISES. [The following extracts are designed to be used, not as a complete collection of pieces for all the purposes of reading, but as examples on which to apply the rules and principles contained in the preceding pages of this work. By practising on these selections, the student will become prepared to make a more intelligent and effectual use of the reading books in common use.' When opportunity admits of studying with the aid of a teacher, it would be advisable to go through every piece with a careful preparatory analysis, applying the rules of inflection, emphasis, and pausing, and the principles of modulation. The pencil may be used to advantage for the purpose of marking the principal words and clauses of every sentence with their appropriate modifications of voice; the usual accents being employed to designate the inflections--a single or double perpendicular line for the 'pauses, according to their comparative length--and single or double underscoring for emphasis, according to its force. The changes of force, pitch, and rate, may be designated on the margin by initial letters; Id., (loud;) s, (so/1;) h, {high;) ho., (low;) f, (fast;) si, (slow;) and intermediate qualities thus, M, (moderate force;) m, (middle pitch;) m, (moderate rate.) The exercises presented in the subsequent pages, are graduated by the rhetorical classification of the pieces, commencing with narrative and descriptive style, and avoiding -the introduction of didactic subjects till the easier forms of writing have been practised. This gradation, though little observed in most reading books, is of great importance to the acquisition of an easy, unaffected style of reading. The formal tones commonly heard in school reading, may nearly all be...