DRILLS IN EXPRESSION

WITH

SELECTIONS

A SERIES OF EXERCISES COLLOQUIAL AND CLASSICAL,
BASED UPON THE PRINCIPLES OF REFERENCE TO
EXPERIENCE AND COMPARISON, AND CHOSEN FOR
THEIR PRACTICAL WORTH IN DEVELOPING POWER
AND NATURALNESS IN READING AND SPEAKING,
WITH ILLUSTRATIVE SELECTIONS FOR PRACTISE

BY

ARTHUR EDWARD PHILLIPS

Author of "Effective Speaking;" Director, Department of Public Speaking, the The-
ological Seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Chicago;
Principal, Phillips School of Oratory, Chicago

CHICAGO

THE NEWTON COMPANY

1909

COPYRIGHT, 1909

BY

ARTHUR EDWARD PHILLIPS

All rights reserved

CONTENTS.

PART I-DRILLS

INTRODUCTION-THE VALUE OF THE TONE DRILLS.

THE TONE DRILLS...

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DEVELOPING SPECIFIC POWERS OF PORTRAYAL.

GENERAL DRILLS ON TONES..

TONE DRILLS FOR VOCAL DEVELOPMENT.

INTERPRETATION

Illustration of Toning a Selection.

Thought in Expression.

Drills in Prominence..

ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION.

Drills on Selected Consonants.

Accent Drill on Vowels..

Words Often Mispronounced

VOCAL DEVELOPMENT

VOCAL DRILLS.

BREATHING EXERCISES.

BODILY DEVELOPMENT AND RESPONSIVENESS..

METHOD OF STUDY AND PRACTICE OF EXPRESSION.

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