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The metaphor is more vigorous and more spontaneous than the simile ; it is less self - conscious . The simile is less striking , less emotional , and more TOOLS OF UNDERSTANDING 27.
The metaphor is more vigorous and more spontaneous than the simile ; it is less self - conscious . The simile is less striking , less emotional , and more TOOLS OF UNDERSTANDING 27.
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English spelling was more or less frozen in the fifteenth century by the invention of printing . If spelling were logical , consistent , and scientific , it would follow spoken usage in this matter of assimilation .
English spelling was more or less frozen in the fifteenth century by the invention of printing . If spelling were logical , consistent , and scientific , it would follow spoken usage in this matter of assimilation .
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... more variety in pitch , less variety , a slower rate of speaking , a faster rate , more force , less force , more abruptness , more smoothness - there are endless ways of changing the voice to indicate a change of speaker .
... more variety in pitch , less variety , a slower rate of speaking , a faster rate , more force , less force , more abruptness , more smoothness - there are endless ways of changing the voice to indicate a change of speaker .
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Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 1 |
THE PROVINCES OF THE READER THE ACTOR AND | 13 |
Walt Whitman Vocalism | 38 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Oral Reading, Discussion and Principles: And an Anthology of Practice Materials from Literature, Classical and Modern |
| Authors | Lionel Crocker, Louis Michael Eich |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Prentice-Hall, Incorporated, 1947 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 11 Nov 2008 |
| Length | 507 pages |
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