The Art Of Public Speaking

About this eBook

Author

Carnegie, Dale, 1888-1955

Title

The Art of Public Speaking

Credits

Produced by Cori Samuel, Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

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

Subject

Public speaking

Category

Text

eBook-No.

16317

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16317

Release Date

July 17, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Art of Public Speaking — BY
2. 2.DALE CARNAGEY — PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING, BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF COMMERCE AND FINANCE; INSTRUCTOR IN PUBLIC SPEAKING, Y.M.C.A. SCHOOLS, NEW YORK, BROOKLYN, BALTIMORE, AND PHILADELPHIA, AND THE NEW YORK CITY CHAPTER, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF BANKING — THE WRITER'S LIBRARY — EDITED BY J. BERG ESENWEIN — THE HOME CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL — SPRINGFIELD, MASS. — F. ARTHUR METCALF — FELLOW-WORKER AND FRIEND — Table of Contents — THINGS TO THINK OF FIRST — A FOREWORD
3. 3.THE ART OF PUBLIC SPEAKING — CHAPTER I — ACQUIRING CONFIDENCE BEFORE AN AUDIENCE — QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES. — CHAPTER II — THE SIN OF MONOTONY — QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES. — CHAPTER III — EFFICIENCY THROUGH EMPHASIS AND SUBORDINATION — QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES — CHAPTER IV — EFFICIENCY THROUGH CHANGE OF PITCH — QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES — CHAPTER V — EFFICIENCY THROUGH CHANGE OF PACE — QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES — FOOL'S GOLD — EXERCISES — THE MOB — QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES — A PLEA FOR CUBA — CHAPTER VI — PAUSE AND POWER — QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER VII — EFFICIENCY THROUGH INFLECTION — QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES — SELECTIONS FOR PRACTISE — THE HISTORY OF LIBERTY — CHAPTER VIII — CONCENTRATION IN DELIVERY — QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES — CHAPTER IX — FORCE — QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER X — FEELING AND ENTHUSIASM — QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES — PATRICK HENRY'S SPEECH — BEFORE THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION OF DELEGATES — CHAPTER XI — FLUENCY THROUGH PREPARATION — QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES — GENERAL THEMES — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER XII — THE VOICE — QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES — CHAPTER XIII — VOICE CHARM — SELECTIONS FOR PRACTISE — FROM MILTON'S "L'ALLEGRO" — THE SEA — THE LARK — THE BROOK — QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES — CHAPTER XIV — DISTINCTNESS AND PRECISION OF UTTERANCE — QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER XV — THE TRUTH ABOUT GESTURE — QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES — CHAPTER XVI — METHODS OF DELIVERY — QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES — CHAPTER XVII — THOUGHT AND RESERVE POWER — QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER XVIII — QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER XIX — INFLUENCING BY EXPOSITION — QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER XX — INFLUENCING BY DESCRIPTION — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER XXI — INFLUENCING BY NARRATION — QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER XXII — INFLUENCING BY SUGGESTION — INVICTUS — QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES — CHAPTER XXIII — INFLUENCING BY ARGUMENT — QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER XXIV — INFLUENCING BY PERSUASION — QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES — CHAPTER XXV — INFLUENCING THE CROWD — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER XXVI — RIDING THE WINGED HORSE — I. WHAT IS IMAGINATION? — II. THE USES OF IMAGING IN PUBLIC SPEAKING — III. HOW TO ACQUIRE THE IMAGING HABIT — QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER XXVII — GROWING A VOCABULARY — QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER XXVIII — MEMORY TRAINING — QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES — CHAPTER XXIX — RIGHT THINKING AND PERSONALITY — QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES — CHAPTER XXX — AFTER-DINNER AND OTHER OCCASIONAL SPEAKING — QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER XXXI — MAKING CONVERSATION EFFECTIVE — QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
4. 4.APPENDICES — APPENDIX A — FIFTY QUESTIONS FOR DEBATE — APPENDIX B — THIRTY THEMES FOR SPEECHES — APPENDIX C — SUGGESTIVE SUBJECTS FOR SPEECHES [36] — FOOTNOTES: — APPENDIX D — SPEECHES FOR STUDY AND PRACTISE — NEWELL DWIGHT HILLIS — BRAVE LITTLE BELGIUM — HENRY WATTERSON — THE NEW AMERICANISM — JOHN MORLEY — FOUNDER'S DAY ADDRESS — ROBERT TOOMBS — ON RESIGNING FROM THE SENATE, 1861 — THEODORE ROOSEVELT — INAUGURAL ADDRESS — ON AMERICAN MOTHERHOOD [38] — ALTON B. PARKER — THE CALL TO DEMOCRATS — JOHN W. WESCOTT — NOMINATING WOODROW WILSON — HENRY W. GRADY — THE RACE PROBLEM — WILLIAM McKINLEY — LAST SPEECH — JOHN HAY — TRIBUTE TO MCKINLEY — WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN — THE PRINCE OF PEACE [39] — RUFUS CHOATE — EULOGY OF WEBSTER — ALBERT J. BEVERIDGE — PASS PROSPERITY AROUND — RUSSELL CONWELL — ACRES OF DIAMONDS [40] — VICTOR HUGO — HONORE DE BALZAC — FOOTNOTES: — GENERAL INDEX

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