Elocution Simplified (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. With an Appendix on Lisping, Stammering, Stuttering, and Other Defects of SpeechBy Walter K. Fobes
Length3h
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Elocution Simplified is a practical manual devoted to the disciplined art of spoken expression: clear articulation, modulation of voice, emphasis, pause, gesture, and the intelligent reading of prose and verse. Written in the tradition of nineteenth-century elocutionary handbooks, it treats speech not as ornament but as cultivated communication. Its style is concise, instructional, and systematic, reducing a once highly formal rhetorical art to exercises and principles accessible to students, teachers, public speakers, and readers. Walter K. Fobes wrote within a culture that prized public recitation, platform speaking, pulpit delivery, and schoolroom performance. As an elocutionary instructor, he was evidently concerned with making vocal training less mysterious and more practical. The title itself signals his purpose: to simplify without trivializing. His work reflects an era in which spoken language was central to education, civic life, and moral influence. This book is recommended for readers interested in rhetoric, performance history, speech pedagogy, or the craft of oral interpretation. It remains valuable as both a historical document and a usable guide to attentive, expressive speaking.
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GenreOther
Length3 hrs
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Publish dateNov 23, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Elocution Simplified (Annotated)
21ELEMENTARY SOUNDS.
2PREFACE.
22SUMMARY OF PHYSICAL AND VOCAL GYMNASTICS.
3INTRODUCTION.
23PART THREE. ELOCUTION.
4ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
24PLEASANT QUALITY.
5ELOCUTION SIMPLIFIED.
25ARTICULATION.
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6PART ONE. PHYSICAL GYMNASTICS.
26FULNESS AND POWER.
7ATTITUDE.
27INFLECTION.
8CHEST EXPANSION.
28PITCH.
9BODY MOVEMENTS.
29QUALITY.
10NECK MOVEMENTS.
30MOVEMENT.
11PART TWO. VOCAL GYMNASTICS.
31FORCE.
12BREATHING.
32STRESS.
13TONE.
33TRANSITION.
14PITCH.
34MODULATION.
15INFLECTION.
35STYLE.
16QUALITY.
36PART FOUR. HINTS ON ELOCUTION.
17FORCE.
37DEFECTS OF SPEECH.
18STRESS.
38Elocution in Private or Class Lessons,
19MOVEMENT.
39GEO. M. BAKER'S READING CLUB and HANDY SPEAKER,
20ARTICULATION.
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