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Public Speaking Speech

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What aspects does The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie (1915) make the textbook “stand out” and provide a thorough yet specific understanding when presenting a speech? Carnegie exploits a variety of “efficiency” in his following chapters—three, four, five, seven—providing real-life examples, metaphors, and advice.
“The speaker that fires his force and emphasis at random into a sentence will not get results.” (Carnegie Ch. 3, 13) Chapter three, named “EFFICIENCY THROUGH EMPHASIS AND SUBORDINATION”, explains that one should not sporadically highlight a word(s) simply because it sounds important but to convey contrasts and relations. The idea of comparing two words or phrases purposely will provide a smooth and greater transition, engaging the audience to be possibly more empathic. (Carnegie Ch. 3, 13) Also when in written form, the best way to represent a change in a word’s denotation is changing the form such that “MOUNTAIN PEAK WORDS…represent the big, important ideas.” (Carnegie Ch.3, 13) A great example shown is when a reporter is told to not write if she or he sees a dog biting a man but if a man is biting a dog, such that she or he should not waste valuable time on “the grass around the tree.” (Carnegie Ch. 3, 14) Not only a visual aids emphasis, but also that act of pronouncing the word(s) differently from the rest will contribute to its significance; some mistaken that yelling is the way; however, it is completely wrong, degrading control, intelligence, and

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