The American Elocutionist: Comprising Lessons in Enunciation, Exercises in Elocution, and Rudiments of Gesture. With a Selection of New Pieces for Practice in Reading and Declamation and Engraved Illustrations in Attitude and Action .... |
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... Inflection . Simple Rising and Falling In- Circumflex .. Monotone . Rules on the Falling Inflection . 77 Rules on the Rising Inflection . 84 General Rule on Parenthesis . Rule on the Circumflex . Rule . Suggestions for Practice . . 193 ...
... Inflection . Simple Rising and Falling In- Circumflex .. Monotone . Rules on the Falling Inflection . 77 Rules on the Rising Inflection . 84 General Rule on Parenthesis . Rule on the Circumflex . Rule . Suggestions for Practice . . 193 ...
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... falling inflection , ( ) denotes the down- ward slide of voice , as heard at a period ; the acute accent , or rising inflection , ( ' ) denotes the upward slide , usually heard at a comma . The application of these inflections , is not ...
... falling inflection , ( ) denotes the down- ward slide of voice , as heard at a period ; the acute accent , or rising inflection , ( ' ) denotes the upward slide , usually heard at a comma . The application of these inflections , is not ...
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... FALLING INFI ECTIONS , OR SLIDES . DEFINITIONS . Inflection , as a term applied to elocu- tion , signifies the inclining , or sliding , of the voice , either upward or downward . ‡ There are two simple inflections , —the upward , or ...
... FALLING INFI ECTIONS , OR SLIDES . DEFINITIONS . Inflection , as a term applied to elocu- tion , signifies the inclining , or sliding , of the voice , either upward or downward . ‡ There are two simple inflections , —the upward , or ...
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... inflections rise and fall but slightly . The following examples , in which this diminution of inflection takes place , are so arranged that the inflections are to be reduced by successive stages , till they lose entirely the point and ...
... inflections rise and fall but slightly . The following examples , in which this diminution of inflection takes place , are so arranged that the inflections are to be reduced by successive stages , till they lose entirely the point and ...
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... circumflex , or wave . When the double inflection thus produced , terminates with the upward slide , it is called the rising circumflex , which is marked thus ( v ) ; when it terminates with the downward slide , it is called the falling ...
... circumflex , or wave . When the double inflection thus produced , terminates with the upward slide , it is called the rising circumflex , which is marked thus ( v ) ; when it terminates with the downward slide , it is called the falling ...
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accented action appropriate arising articulation attention beauty blank verse cadence Cæsar character circumflex clauses commencing common common metre connexion cuckoo declamation diphthong distinct effect elocution emotion emphasis emphatic England English language enunciation error example exemplified exer EXERCISE expression Fair lords falchion falling inflection fault feeling feet force forcible gesture give Glengyle grace grave habit hand hath heart Heaven honour iambus Ireland king language learner letter liberty light lord Lucca manner meaning mind moderate movement natural never noble o'er observed orthoepy passage pause Pecksniff peculiar phatic piece pitch poetry position practice preceding produce pronounced pronunciation prose pupils reading requires rising inflection Roman senate rule Ruph sentence sentiment slide slow sound South Carolina speaker speaking speech spirit spondee style sword syllables tence thee thou thought Tigg tion tone trochee true unaccented utterance verse voice Walker's words