mpore oratory?_
That which is accomplished simultaneously with the delivery.
16. _What is Vocal Culture?_
The training of the organs of speech for effective delivery.
17. _What should be the primary object in Audible reading?_
To convey to the hearer the ideas and sentiments of the writer.
18. _In order to accomplish this, what should the Reader do?_
Endeavor to make the feelings and sentiments of the writer his own.
19. _What are some of the essential qualities of a good Reader?_
To read slowly, observe the pauses, give proper inflections, read
distinctly, and with expression.
20. _What is Enunciation?_
The utterance of words.
21. _Under how many Divisions should the subject of reading be
treated?_
Six.
22. _What are they?_
Articulation, Inflection, Accent, Emphasis, the Voice, and Gesture.
23. _What is Articulation?_
Distinct utterance of the elementary sounds, and of the
combinations.
24. _Name four common faults in Articulation._
Omitting an unaccented vocal, dropping the final sound, sounding
incorrectly an unaccented vowel, and omitting syllables.
25. _What is Inflection?_
Sliding of the voice upward or downward.
26. _How many kinds of Inflection are there?_
Two.
27. _What are they?_
Rising and falling.
28. _What is the Rising inflection?_
An upward slide of the voice.
29. _What is the Falling inflection?_
A downward slide of the voice.
30. _Are the rising and falling inflections both ever given to the
same sound?_
They are.
31. _How is such inflection marked?_
By the Circumflex.
32. _How many kinds of Circumflex?_
Two.
33. _What are they?_
Rising and falling.
34. _What is the Rising Circumflex?_
The sliding of the voice downward and then upward on the same sound.
35. _What is the Falling Circumflex?_
The sliding of the voice upward and then downward on the same sound.
36. _What is a Monotone?_
Reading without sliding the voice either upward or downward.
37. _Give Rule 1 for falling inflection._
Propositions which make complete sense require the falling
inflection.
38. _Does Emphasis ever reverse this rule?_
It does sometimes.
39. _Give Rule 2._
Emphasis generally requires the falling inflection.
40. _Where the sense is dependent, what inflection is generally
used?_
The risin
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