123. Public Announcement of the Death of John Quincy Adams, R. C. Winthrop, 824 124. Eulogy on the Life and Services of John Quincy Adams,.. K NOTE. The student will find it advantageous to determine the inflection and SANDERS' FIFTH READER. PART FIRST. ELOCUTION. ELOCUTION is the art of delivering written or extem poraneous 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 QUESTIONS.-What is Elocution? To what subjects does it require particular attention? What is Articulation? good reading, and should be carefully practiced by the learner. The following Directions and Examples are given as guides: I.-Produce, according to the following Table, all the Elementary Sounds of the Language : ELEMENTARY SOUNDS OF THE LETTERS. *Soft G is equivalent to J; soft C to S, and hard C and Q, to K. X is equivalent to K and S, as in box, or to G and Z, as in exalt. WH is pronounced as if the H preceded W, otherwise it would be pronounced W-hen. R should be slightly trilled before a vowel. For further instructions, see Sanders and Merrill's Elementary and Elocutionary Chart. QUESTIONS-How many Elementary Sounds are there? How many vowel sounds? What are they? Utter the consonant sounds. SUBSTITUTES FOR THE VOWEL ELEMENTS. 1st. For Long 1A, we have ai, as in sail; au in gauge; ay in lay; ea in great; ei in deign; ey in they. 2d. For Flat A, au in daunt; ua in guard; ea in heart. 3d. For Broad A, au in pause; aw in law; eo in George; oa in groat; o in horn; ou in sought. 4th. For Short A, ai in plaid; ua in guaranty. 5th. For A before r, ai in hair; ea in bear; ei in their; e in where. 6th. For Long 1E, ea in weak; ei in seize; ie in brief; eo in people; iin pique; ey in key. 7th. For Short E, a in any; ai in said; ay in says; ea in dead; ei in heifer; eo in leopard; ie in friend; ue in guess; u in bury. 8th. For Long 1I, ai in aisle; ei in sleight; ey in eye; ie in die; ui in guide; uy in buy; y in try. 9th. For Short I, e in English; ee in been; ie in sieve; o in women; u in busy; ui in build; y in symbol. 10th. For Long 10, au in hautboy; eau in beau; eo in yeoman; ew in sew; oa in boat; oe in hoe; ou in soul; ow in flow. 11th. For Long Slender 20, oe in shoe; ou in soup. 12th. For Short 30, a in was; ou in hough; ow in knowledge. 13th. For Long 1U, eau in beauty; eu in feud; ew in dew; ue in cue; ou in your; ui in suit; ou in your. 14th. For Short U, e in her ; i in sir ; oe in does; o in love; y in myrrh. 15th. For Short Slender 3U, o in wolf; ou in would. 16th. For OI, oy in joy. 17th. For OU, ow in now. SUBSTITUTES FOR THE CONSONANT ELEMENTS, For F, we have gh, as in laugh; ph in sphere. For J, g in gem, gin, gyre. For K, c in can; ch in chord; gh in hough; q in quit. For S, c in cent, cion, cygnet. For T, d in faced; phth in phthisic. For V, f in of; ph in Stephen. For Y, i in onion, valiant. For 1Z, c in suffice; s in is; x in Xerxes. For 2Z, s in treasure; z in azure; si in fusion; zi in glazier. QUES.-How many substitutes has long A? What are they? &c. |