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Here it would be well to call , attention to two important means of achieving variety of tempo : ( 1 ) the pause and ( 2 ) change of pace . 1. The Pause 3 One of the most useful tools of expression in the reader's kit is the pause .
Here it would be well to call , attention to two important means of achieving variety of tempo : ( 1 ) the pause and ( 2 ) change of pace . 1. The Pause 3 One of the most useful tools of expression in the reader's kit is the pause .
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The pause is frequently used to point up a phrase , to call attention to something that the reader particularly wishes the audience to notice . In the following sentence from Russell H. Conwell's Acres of Diamonds , the pause before the ...
The pause is frequently used to point up a phrase , to call attention to something that the reader particularly wishes the audience to notice . In the following sentence from Russell H. Conwell's Acres of Diamonds , the pause before the ...
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A strikingly dramatic instance of the emotional effect the pause can create was witnessed when the National Association of Teachers of Speech held a dinner in the Mayflower Hotel in Washington , D. C. , in the fall of 1940.
A strikingly dramatic instance of the emotional effect the pause can create was witnessed when the National Association of Teachers of Speech held a dinner in the Mayflower Hotel in Washington , D. C. , in the fall of 1940.
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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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