The Art of Public Speaking

by J. Berg Esenwein

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Contents

  1. Things to Think of First
  2. Chapter I. Acquiring Confidence Before an Audience
  3. Questions and Exercises
  4. Chapter II. The Sin of Monotony
  5. Questions and Exercises
  6. Chapter III. Efficiency Through Emphasis and Subordination
  7. Questions and Exercises
  8. Chapter IV. Efficiency Through Change of Pitch
  9. Questions and Exercises
  10. Chapter V. Efficiency Through Change of Pace
  11. Questions and Exercises
  12. Exercises
  13. The Mob
  14. Questions and Exercises
  15. Chapter VI. Pause and Power
  16. Questions and Exercises
  17. Chapter VII. Efficiency Through Inflection
  18. Questions and Exercises
  19. Selections for Practise
  20. Chapter VIII. Concentration in Delivery
  21. Questions and Exercises
  22. Chapter IX. Force
  23. Questions and Exercises
  24. Chapter X. Feeling and Enthusiasm
  25. Questions and Exercises
  26. Patrick Henry's Speech
  27. Chapter XI. Fluency Through Preparation
  28. Questions and Exercises
  29. General Themes
  30. Chapter XII. The Voice
  31. Questions and Exercises
  32. Chapter XIII. Voice Charm
  33. Selections for Practise
  34. Questions and Exercises
  35. Chapter XIV. Distinctness and Precision of Utterance
  36. Questions and Exercises
  37. Chapter XV. The Truth About Gesture
  38. Questions and Exercises
  39. Chapter XVI. Methods of Delivery
  40. Questions and Exercises
  41. Chapter XVII. Thought and Reserve Power
  42. Questions and Exercises
  43. Chapter XVIII
  44. Questions and Exercises
  45. Chapter XIX. Influencing by Exposition
  46. Questions and Exercises
  47. Chapter XX. Influencing by Description
  48. Chapter XXI. Influencing by Narration
  49. Questions and Exercises
  50. Chapter XXII. Influencing by Suggestion
  51. Invictus
  52. Questions and Exercises
  53. Chapter XXIII. Influencing by Argument
  54. Questions and Exercises
  55. Chapter XXIV. Influencing by Persuasion
  56. Questions and Exercises
  57. Chapter XXV. Influencing the Crowd
  58. Chapter XXVI. Riding the Winged Horse
  59. Questions and Exercises
  60. Chapter XXVII. Growing a Vocabulary
  61. Questions and Exercises
  62. Chapter XXVIII. Memory Training
  63. Questions and Exercises
  64. Chapter XXIX. Right Thinking and Personality
  65. Questions and Exercises
  66. Chapter XXX. After-Dinner and Other Occasional Speaking
  67. Questions and Exercises
  68. Chapter XXXI. Making Conversation Effective
  69. Questions and Exercises
  70. Appendix a
  71. Appendix B
  72. Appendix C
  73. Newell Dwight Hillis
  74. Henry Watterson
  75. John Morley
  76. Robert Toombs
  77. Theodore Roosevelt
  78. Alton B. Parker
  79. John W. Wescott
  80. Henry W. Grady
  81. William McKINLEY
  82. John Hay
  83. William Jennings Bryan
  84. Rufus Choate
  85. Albert J. Beveridge
  86. Russell Conwell
  87. Victor Hugo

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