Extempore Speech

About this eBook

Author

Pittenger, William, 1840-1904

Title

Extempore Speech: How to Acquire and Practice It

Credits

Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections

Subject

Oratory

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 55128

Release Date

July 16, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.EXTEMPORE SPEECH HOW TO ACQUIRE AND PRACTICE IT.
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.Table of Contents.
4. 4.PART I. Preliminary Considerations. — CHAPTER I. Can Eloquence be Taught? — CHAPTER II. The Four Methods of Public Speech — Their Advantages and Disadvantages. — CHAPTER III. Lessons from the Experience of Eminent Orators. — CHAPTER IV. An Embryo Speech, with Models of Very Simple Plans. — CHAPTER V. Initial Fear and how to Overcome it. — CHAPTER VI. Utility of Debating Societies.
5. 5.PART II. Preparation of the Speaker. — CHAPTER I. Unfortunates who Never can Extemporize. — CHAPTER II. Thought and Emotion. — CHAPTER III. Language. — CHAPTER IV. Imagination. — CHAPTER V. Voice and Gesture. — CHAPTER VI. Confidence. — CHAPTER VII. Peculiarities Belonging to the Various Fields of Oratory.
6. 6.PART III. Plan and Delivery of the Speech. — CHAPTER I. The Pen and the Tongue. — CHAPTER II. Subject and Object. — CHAPTER III. Thought-gathering. — CHAPTER IV. Constructing a Plan. — CHAPTER V. How Shall the Written Plan be Used? — CHAPTER VI. The First Moment of Speech. — CHAPTER VII. The Introduction. — CHAPTER VIII. Progress of the Speech. — CHAPTER IX. Three Plans of Great Addresses. — CHAPTER X. Illustrations, Pathos, Humor. — CHAPTER XI. The Orator’s Logic. — CHAPTER XII. After the Speech.
7. 7.ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
8. 8.TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

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