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If you are interested in Public Speaking, then this is exactly the book you need. If you are a preacher, then you cannot avoid this book. If you are a Lecturer or student of Mass Communication, Law, English, Rhetoric, Speech, Ethics, International Relations, Philosophy, Theology and other courses that require you to address others, then this book is inevitable for you. Public Speaking is not just a gift, it is an Art. The book revives the ancient "Art of Oratory", and makes it relevant in the 21st Century. It digs the art of public speaking down to Aristotle, Cicero and back to Martin Luther King Jr., Hitler and even the modern day speakers. It highlighted the Ethics of Communication in order to moderate the art. It grooms you from Speech pronunciation to Speech writing, Speech Delivery and even how to Use a Microphone. You can also see samples of good speeches at the Appendix. Give this book a trial and you will know why it is different from other books on Communications and Public Speaking you already know.
From the PREFACE. It is with some apprehension that a public man ventures to publish a volume on oratory under his own name; he obviously lays himself open to taunts and to accusations of presumption. But it is not in the capacity of a practitioner that I have approached the subject. If there is anything due to experience in the book, it is an experience of failure and a poignant recollection of mistakes. In my college days I combined a study of mental and moral science with that of pedagogy, and years ago it struck me as peculiar that there should be a whole library of textbooks that endeavoured to base ideal methods of teaching a class on the principles of mental activity found in the treatises on psychology; whereas, so far as I knew, no similar scientific attempt had been made during recent years to base the methods of addressing an audience on the laws of psychology. The properly trained pedagogue starts from the question, " How does the child begin to acquire ideas?" Why should not the orator begin with the parallel question, " How does the mind of an adult acquire an idea?" As a humble student, wondering what the pursuit would yield, I took up some of my old pedagogic textbooks, and then settled down to a feeble imitation. As the reader will observe, I borrowed the psychology from the standard textbooks, and mainly from those I was most acquainted with. I have quoted largely because there may be many readers who are not acquainted with, and may never become acquainted with, psychological treatises. I have merely patched things together. It may be fairly readable for the ordinary reader, if he takes time and tries to pick up the technical terms as he goes along. For the expert it will serve as an indication of what may be done along these lines. It is only a first attempt; and if it may serve as a basis for lectures in some of our institutions, such as theological colleges, and lead to a development similar to that in pedagogy, the volume will have served its purpose.
Excerpt from The Art of the Orator I Once heard Mr. Gladstone say, that in a conflict between the platform and the press for the direction of public opinion in this country, an efficient platform would surely win. Whether that be so or not, the influence of the spoken word must always be great in the government of all democratic communities, and in every sphere of activity, however exalted, it must continue to inspire men, and fashion their lives. Every aid to the efficient discharge of so important a function must be welcome. The experience and skill acquired by Mr. Edgar Jones in the practice of this great art gives value to a contribution from his pefi on the subject. His original and ingenious treatment of it makes it well worth perusal by all those who wish to acquire proficiency in the art of public speaking. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Taken together, Chinua Achebe's five novels--Things Fall Apart (1958), No Longer at Ease (1960), A Man of the People (1966), Arrow of God (1967), and Anthills of the Savannah (1988)--encompass the entire social, historical, and political experiences of Nigeria, from precolonial times to the close of the 20th century. Central to these experiences is the clash of Igbo culture with the ways of the West. The novels show a society that has been fragmented and a people who are striving to reconstruct a world that they lost during their encounter with colonialism. Achebe has stated that his main purpose for writing is to reveal the truth about his people and their culture. This book examines his use of rhetoric to accomplish that objective. Achebe's writings are fraught with rhetorical devices, and he has harnessed the power of oratory to show how his society has responded to the African colonial encounter and its aftermath. He uses oratory and rhetoric to both educate and persuade his readers and to delineate his characters. Because of the central role of language in his novels, his writings illustrate the nature of discourse among the Igbo as well as the larger Nigerian community. This volume presents a broad overview of rhetoric throughout Achebe's works and demonstrates how he uses the novel genre for persuasive purposes.