PUBLIC SPEAKING
BY
CLARENCE STRATTON; PH.D.
DIRECTOR OF ENGLISH
IN HIGH SCHOOL
CLEVELAND
NEW YORK
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1920
BYHENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
January, 1924
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | ||
| I. | SPEECH | 1 | |
| II. | THE VOICE | 14 | |
| III. | WORDS AND SENTENCES | 37 | |
| IV. | BEGINNING THE SPEECH | 70 | |
| V. | CONCLUDING THE SPEECH | 95 | |
| VI. | GETTING MATERIAL | 121 | |
| VII. | PLANNING THE SPEECH | 143 | |
| VIII. | MAKING THE OUTLINE OR BRIEF | 164 | |
| IX. | EXPLAINING | 194 | |
| X. | PROVING AND PERSUADING | 218 | |
| XI. | REFUTING | 242 | |
| XII. | DEBATING | 258 | |
| XIII. | SPEAKING UPON SPECIAL OCCASIONS | 278 | |
| XIV. | DRAMATICS | 291 | |
| APPENDIX A | 327 | ||
| APPENDIX B | 333 | ||
| INDEX | 339 |
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