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How to Become a Public Speaker

How to Become a Public Speaker

by William Pittenger

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Author
Pittenger, William, 1840-1904
Title
How to Become a Public Speaker Showing the best manner of arranging thought so as to gain conciseness, ease and fluency in speech
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. 53869
Release Date
January 2, 2017
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.HOW TO BECOME A PUBLIC SPEAKER
  2. 2.CONTENTS.
  3. 3.CHAPTER I. Can the Art of Speech be Learned?
  4. 4.CHAPTER II. The Four Methods of Public Speech—Their Advantages and Disadvantages.
  5. 5.CHAPTER III. An Embryo Speech, with Models of Very Simple Plans. — PLANS OF SPEECHES.
  6. 6.CHAPTER IV. Initial Fear and how to Overcome it.
  7. 7.CHAPTER V. Utility of Debating Societies.
  8. 8.CHAPTER VI. Thought and Emotion.
  9. 9.CHAPTER VII. Language.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VIII. Imagination.
  11. 11.CHAPTER IX. Voice and Gesture.
  12. 12.CHAPTER X. Confidence.
  13. 13.CHAPTER XI. The Pen and the Tongue.
  14. 14.CHAPTER XII. Subject and Object.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XIII. Thought-gathering.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XIV. Constructing a Plan.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XV. How Shall the Written Plan be Used?
  18. 18.CHAPTER XVI. The First Moment of Speech.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XVII. The Introduction.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVIII. Progress of the Speech.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XIX. After the Speech.
  22. 22.TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

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