The Moment Of Speech

Author : Annie Morrison
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-18
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781350107939

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The Moment of Speech by Annie Morrison Pdf

Annie Morrison, creator of the Morrison Bone Prop, abandons the notion that language and thought are mainly processed in the left cerebral hemisphere, and coaches the actor to speak from the heart. Through this method, words acquire physical properties, such as weight, texture, colour and kinetic force. Think about Martin Luther King, Mao Zedong or Malala Yousafzai; potent speech impacts external events. And internally, it forms and shapes the world of the speaker. Seeing articulation as a purely mechanical skill is detrimental to an actor's process: it is crucial to understand what language is doing on a biological level. This workbook is invaluable for actors, both professional and in training, and also for voice and speech teachers.

Author : John-Paul Flintoff
Publisher : Short Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-02-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781780724577

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A Modest Book About How to Make an Adequate Speech by John-Paul Flintoff Pdf

"Where I come from, where modesty is a sin, Flintoff 's book would be called 'The Indispensable Guide to Giving an Unforgettable Speech'."Jay Heinrichs, New York Times bestselling author Most of us dread public speaking. But at some point we find ourselves forced to make a speech. And we worry: Will my jokes fall flat? What if I freeze? Is it okay to read notes? What if people walk out? This book won't magically transform you into a fast-talking corporate hotshot. But it will show you how to think about public speaking in a new way, and with a spot of luck, you will achieve adequacy. Or better! Drawing on ancient principles of rhetoric and his own entertaining successes and failures on the speech-giving circuit, John-Paul Flintoff provides simple but effective techniques to help you to speak with confidence to any crowd, whether it's a work presentation or a best friend's wedding. Humble but motivating, this is a guide to finding your voice, even if it's a bit croaky at first, and a reassuring affirmation that we all have something to say.

Author : Gary Younge
Publisher : Haymarket Books
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781642599626

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The Speech by Gary Younge Pdf

Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his powerful “I Have a Dream” speech on August 28, 1963. Sixty years later, the speech endures as a defining moment in the civil rights movement and remains a beacon in the ongoing struggle for racial equality. This gripping book tells the story behind “The Speech” and sheds light on other key moments of the March on Washington, drawing on interviews with Clarence Jones, a close friend of and draft speechwriter for Martin Luther King Jr.; Joan Baez, who sang at the march; as well as Angela Davis and other leading civil rights luminaries. Now with a new introduction to mark the 60th anniversary of that historic day in Washington, The Speech offers an essential analysis of King’s words at a moment of urgent reckoning and renewed calls for justice and liberation.

Author : Ilse Depraetere,Chad Langford
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781441199034

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Advanced English Grammar by Ilse Depraetere,Chad Langford Pdf

Depraetere and Langford, with 40 years of teaching experience between them, present a grammar pitched precisely at advanced learners of English who need to understand how the English language really works without getting lost in the specifics. Most linguistically-oriented grammars of English can be intimidating and complex. On the other hand, the more basic practical grammars also available are often not advanced enough. This book pulls from linguistic theory all the relevant notions that will enable the language student to fully grasp English grammar. After introducing form and function, the authors cover verbs, nouns, aspect and tense, modality and discourse. Readers are led through the underlying principles of language use, with the book presupposing only a basic grasp of linguistic terminology. It does not get bogged down in huge amounts of detail and focuses on the crucial issues. Full of exercises and with attention paid to moving the reader through their course, this is the desk reference grammar of choice for both native and non-native English speakers.

Author : Perfection Learning Corporation
Publisher : Turtleback
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1663608199

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Last Lecture by Perfection Learning Corporation Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : SucceedinginBusiness
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2008-02
Category : Sales presentations
ISBN : 9780979825361

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How to Open Doors with a Brillian Elevator Speech by Anonim Pdf

Author : sir Aḥmad Khân
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590009214

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Sir Syed Ahmed on the present state of Indian politics, speeches and letters by sir Aḥmad Khân Pdf

Author : Marcel Wältermann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-03
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783642350191

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Dimension-based Quality Modeling of Transmitted Speech by Marcel Wältermann Pdf

In this book, speech transmission quality is modeled on the basis of perceptual dimensions. The author identifies those dimensions that are relevant for today's public-switched and packet-based telecommunication systems, regarding the complete transmission path from the mouth of the speaker to the ear of the listener. Both narrowband (300-3400 Hz) as well as wideband (50-7000 Hz) speech transmission is taken into account. A new analytical assessment method is presented that allows the dimensions to be rated by non-expert listeners in a direct way. Due to the efficiency of the test method, a relatively large number of stimuli can be assessed in auditory tests. The test method is applied in two auditory experiments. The book gives the evidence that this test method provides meaningful and reliable results. The resulting dimension scores together with respective overall quality ratings form the basis for a new parametric model for the quality estimation of transmitted speech based on the perceptual dimensions. In a two-step model approach, instrumental dimension models estimate dimension impairment factors in a first step. The resulting dimension estimates are combined by a Euclidean integration function in a second step in order to provide an estimate of the total impairment.

Author : Kathleen Kalpin Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781315465753

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Gender, Speech, and Audience Reception in Early Modern England by Kathleen Kalpin Smith Pdf

This book makes a significant contribution to recent scholarship on the ways in which women responded to the regulation of their behavior by focusing on representations of women speakers and their audiences in moments Smith identifies as "scenes of speech." This new approach, examining speech exchanges between a speaker and audience in which both anticipate, interact with, and respond to each other and each other's expectations, demonstrates that the prescriptive process involves a dynamic exchange in which each side plays a role in establishing and contesting the boundaries of acceptable speech for women. Drawing from a wide range of evidence, including pamphlets, diaries, illustrations, and plays, the book interprets the various and at times contradictory representations and reception of women’s speech that circulated in early modern England. Speech scenes examined within include wives' speech to their husbands in private, private speech between women, public speech before death, and the speech of witches. Looking at scenes of women’s speech from male and female authors, Smith argues that these early modern texts illustrate a means through which societal regulations were negotiated and modified. This book will appeal to those with an interest in early modern drama, including the playwrights Shakespeare, Cary, Webster, Fletcher, and Middleton, as well as readers of non-dramatic early modern literary texts. The volume is of particular use for scholars working in the areas of early modern literature and culture, women’s history, gender studies, and performance studies.

Author : Steve Sheinkin
Publisher : Flash Point
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010-11-09
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 1429951354

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The Notorious Benedict Arnold by Steve Sheinkin Pdf

Most people know that Benedict Arnold was America's first, most notorious traitor. Few know that he was also one of its greatest war heroes. This accessible biography introduces young readers to the real Arnold: reckless, heroic, and driven. Packed with first-person accounts, astonishing battle scenes, and surprising twists, this is a gripping and true adventure tale. The Notorious Benedict Arnold is the winner of the 2011 Boston Globe - Horn Book Award for Nonfiction.

Author : Clarence B. Jones,Stuart Connelly
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230112384

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Behind the Dream by Clarence B. Jones,Stuart Connelly Pdf

"I have a dream." When those words were spoken on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963, the crowd stood, electrified, as Martin Luther King, Jr. brought the plight of African Americans to the public consciousness and firmly established himself as one of the greatest orators of all time. Behind the Dream is a thrilling, behind-the-scenes account of the weeks leading up to the great event, as told by Clarence Jones, co-writer of the speech and close confidant to King. Jones was there, on the road, collaborating with the great minds of the time, and hammering out the ideas and the speech that would shape the civil rights movement and inspire Americans for years to come.

Author : Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1859
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0023068651

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The Representation of the People Bill. Speech ... Delivered in the House of Commons on Tuesday, March 22, 1859 by Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton Pdf

Author : Mario Vargas Llosa
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1429930780

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In Praise of Reading and Fiction by Mario Vargas Llosa Pdf

On December 7, 2010, Mario Vargas Llosa was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. His Nobel lLecture is a resounding tribute to fiction's power to inspire readers to greater ambition, to dissent, and to political action. "We would be worse than we are without the good books we have read, more conformist, not as restless, more submissive, and the critical spirit, the engine of progress, would not even exist," Vargas Llosa writes. "Like writing, reading is a protest against the insufficiencies of life. When we look in fiction for what is missing in life, we are saying, with no need to say it or even to know it, that life as it is does not satisfy our thirst for the absolute—the foundation of the human condition—and should be better." Vargas Llosa's lecture is a powerful argument for the necessity of literature in our lives today. For, as he eloquently writes, "literature not only submerges us in the dream of beauty and happiness but alerts us to every kind of oppression."

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Special Preparedness
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1984 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Military education
ISBN : MINN:31951D00752114N

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Military Cold War Education and Speech Review Policies by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Special Preparedness Pdf

Continuation of hearings on U.S. Cold War informational and educational programs for military personnel.

Author : James Boyd White
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2009-02-09
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781400827534

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Living Speech by James Boyd White Pdf

Language is our key to imagining the world, others, and ourselves. Yet sometimes our ways of talking dehumanize others and trivialize human experience. In war other people are imagined as enemies to be killed. The language of race objectifies those it touches, and propaganda disables democracy. Advertising reduces us to consumers, and clichés destroy the life of the imagination. How are we to assert our humanity and that of others against the forces in the culture and in our own minds that would deny it? What kind of speech should the First Amendment protect? How should judges and justices themselves speak? These questions animate James Boyd White's Living Speech, a profound examination of the ethics of human expression--in the law and in the rest of life. Drawing on examples from an unusual range of sources--judicial opinions, children's essays, literature, politics, and the speech-out-of-silence of Quaker worship--White offers a fascinating analysis of the force of our languages. Reminding us that every moment of speech is an occasion for gaining control of what we say and who we are, he shows us that we must practice the art of resisting the forces of inhumanity built into our habits of speech and thought if we are to become more capable of love and justice--in both law and life.