The American Elocutionist: Comprising 'Lessons in Enunciation', 'Exercises in Elocution', and 'Rudiments of Gesture |
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... Falling In- flections . Circumflex .. Monotone . Rules on the Falling Inflection . 77 Rules on the Rising Inflection . 84 General Rule on Parenthesis .. Rule on the Circumflex . Rule on the Monotone . Errors in Inflection . Suggestions ...
... Falling In- flections . Circumflex .. Monotone . Rules on the Falling Inflection . 77 Rules on the Rising Inflection . 84 General Rule on Parenthesis .. Rule on the Circumflex . Rule on the Monotone . Errors in Inflection . Suggestions ...
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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 INFLECTIONS , 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 rising ...
... FALLING INFLECTIONS , 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 rising ...
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... falling , are superseded , in the tones of keen and ironical emotion , or peculiar The two simple significance in expression , by a double turn , or slide of voice , which unites both in one continuous sound , called the circumflex , or ...
... falling , are superseded , in the tones of keen and ironical emotion , or peculiar The two simple significance in expression , by a double turn , or slide of voice , which unites both in one continuous sound , called the circumflex , or ...
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... FALLING INFLECTION . RULE I. Forcible expression requires the falling inflection , as in the following instances of energetic emotion : earnest calling or shouting , abrupt and vehe- ment exclamation , imperious or energetic command ...
... FALLING INFLECTION . RULE I. Forcible expression requires the falling inflection , as in the following instances of energetic emotion : earnest calling or shouting , abrupt and vehe- ment exclamation , imperious or energetic command ...
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