128. Passages from Campbell's "Pleasures of Hope:"- Hope Kindled by Distant Objects, Hope Lingered when all else had Fled, 176. Parting of Hector and Andromache, 179. Opening Stanzas of the Minstrel, 181. Passages from Bishop Heber :- SANDERS' RHETORICAL READER. PART FIRST. ELOCUTION. ELOCUTION is the art of delivering written or extempo raneous composition with force, propriety, and ease. It deals, therefore, with words, not only as individuals, but as members of a sentence, and parts of a connected discourse: including every thing necessary to the just expression of the sense. Accordingly, it demands, in a special manner, attention to the following particulars; viz., ARTICULATION, ACCENT, EMPHASIS, INFLECTION, MODULATION, and PAUSES. SECTION I. ARTICULATION. ARTICULATION is the art of uttering distinctly and justly the letters and syllables constituting a word. It deals, therefore, with the elements of words, just as elocution deals with the elements of sentences: the one securing the true enunciation of each letter, or combination of letters, the other giving to each word, or combination of words, such a delivery as best expresses the meaning of the author. It is the basis of all good reading, and should be carefully practiced by the learrer. |