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PRACTICAL ELOCUTION.

HAVING treated of the principles of Reading and Speaking, it is now necessary, in order to render this Work an entire System of Elocution, to furnish the pupil with appropriate Exercises for the practical application of these principles.

The Exercises are divided into two Parts. Part I. consists of Exercises in Articulation, Pitch, Force, Time, and Gesture. Part II. consists of Exercises in Reading and Declamation.

PART I.

EXERCISES IN ARTICULATION, PITCH, FORCE, TIME, AND GESTURE.

FIRST EXERCISE.

Table of the Elements of the English Language.

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This Exercise should be practised as follows: 1. Utter each element with the falling inflection, the vowels with explosive force.

2. Utter each vowel and subvowel, alternately, with the rising and falling inflection. 3. Utter the vowels with the falling inflection, alternately, in a high and low pitch. 4. Utter each vowel in the medium pitch of the natural voice, then in the falsetto, and lastly, in the lowest note of the natural voice. 5. Pronounce every word under the head Subvowels, as well as under the head Aspirates, in the following manner: make a full inspiration, and dwell for two or three seconds on the initial element; then utter the remainder of the word with a sudden and forcible expulsion of the breath.*

SECOND EXERCISE.

In this Exercise, every vowel is preceded by every subvowel, and by every aspirate.

å å å â | ẻ ¿ | i î | ¿ ¿ ỏ | ù û ù | ou.

bà bả bà bả | bè bẻ | bi bỉ | bỏ bỏ

bỏ | bu bả bủ | bou.

di | do

đỏ

dỗ | dủ dủ dủ | dou.

gỉ| gỗ

gỗ

gỗ |gủ gủ gủ [gou.

dà đả dả dã | dẻ dẻ | di gà gà gà gâ|gẻ gẻ | gì là lả lả lả | lẻ lẻ | Hi Hi | 16 lỗ lỗ | lủ lủ lủ | lou. mà mả mà mã | mẻ mẻ | mỉ mỉ | mỏ mỏ mỏ | mủ mủ mủ | mou.

nả nả nả nã | nẻ nẻ | nỉ nỉ | nô nô nônủ nủ nủ | nou. rả rả rả ra | rẻ rẻ | rỉ rỉ | rỏ rỏ rỏ | rủ rủ rủ | rou. THẢ THẢ THẢ THỦ | THỂ THỦ | THÌ THỈ | THỔ THỎ THỎ | THỦ THỦ THỦ | THOU

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vả vả và vâ| vẻ vẻ | vì vì | vỏ vỏ vỏ | vỏ vả vủ | vou. wa wa wa wa | wè wẻ | wi wi | wỏ wỏ wỏ | wủ wủ wủ | wou. yà yà yà yâ | yè yẻ | yì yỉ | yỏ

yỏ yỏ | yủ yủ yủ | you.

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på på | pou.

på på på på | pè pẻ | pi pi | pỏ pỏ pỏ | pů

sả sả sả si | sẻ sẻ | sỉ sỉ | sở sở sở | sử

sủ sủ | sou.

*As song and orb do not begin with a subvowel, they should be omitted in this exercise. And as it is impossible to dwell on the aspirate, h, the word hut may also be omitted.

sha shả shà sha | shẻ shẻ | shi shi | shỏ shỏ shỏ | shủ shů shů | shou.

tả tả tả tân | tè tẻ | tỉ tỉ [ tỏ tỏ tỏ | tủ tủ tủ | tou. thà thà thà thân | thẻ thẻ | thì thì | thỏ thỏ thì thủ thủ thủ | thou.

wha wha wha whâ| whẻ whê | whi whỉ | whỏ whỏ whỏ | whủ whủ whů | whou.

THIRD EXERCISE.

The object of this Exercise is to bring into proper play the muscles of the lips, and enable the pupil to pronounce with facility, v, w, and wh, in certain situations, and to distinguish between them.

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* The design of this exercise is to bring into proper action the

THỦ - tủ

thủ

THOU Σου

thou sou

FIFTH EXERCISE.

The object of this Exercise is to enable the pupil to utter perfectly the subvowels and aspirates, when they are the final elements of words.

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an, ang; en, eng; in, ing; on, ong; un, ung.

SIXTH EXERCISE.

This Exercise exhibits the analysis of words in which there are easy combinations of elements. In the first column the words are presented as they are usually spelled; in the second, their elements are separated by hyphens. The pupil should spell the words, uttering, separately, each element, and not the name of the letter, as is generally done in the schools.

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muscles which move the tip, and root of the tongue, and to contrast the elements, d and g, and t and k, which, by children, are sometimes confounded. The want of entire command of the muscles of the tongue and lips, is the reason why some persons speak thick, as it is called. A part of this Exercise is adapted to the case of lispers, those who substitute the subvowel тH for 2; and the aspirate th, for s.

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SEVENTH EXERCISE.

This Exercise exhibits the analysis of words in which there are difficult combinations of elements.

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This is an Exercise in Pitch. The first four notes, counting from below, belong to the natural voice; the fifth, to the falsetto. The pupil should pronounce the letters, a, e, i, a, in the ascending and descending order of the scale, and with the rising and falling inflection, as represented by the notes. He should then, in like manner, pronounce each vowel element — ascending and descending, as before.

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|-á-à▬▬é-è-|-í-ì--ó-ò‒‒ú-ù- Mr. President,

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e- |-á-à-|-é-è̟-|-í-ì--ó-ò--ú-ù- Mr. President,

a

|-á-à-|~é-è-|-í-í-|-ó-ò-|-ú-ù- Mr. President,

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