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Elocution. Elocution is the study of formal speaking in pronunciation, grammar, style, and tone as well as the idea and practice of effective speech and its forms. It stems from the idea that while communication is symbolic, sounds are final and compelling. [1][2] Elocution emerged in England in the 18th and 19th centuries and in the United ...
Elocutio (lexis or phrasis in Greek) [1] [2] is a Latin term for the mastery of rhetorical devices and figures of speech in Western classical rhetoric. [2] Elocutio or style is the third of the five canons of classical rhetoric (the others being inventio, dispositio, memoria, and pronuntiatio) that concern the craft and delivery of speeches and writing.
Samuel Silas Curry. Portrait of Samuel S. Curry by Frank Henry Tompkins. Samuel Silas Curry (November 23, 1847 – December 24, 1921) was an American professor of elocution and vocal expression. He is the namesake of Curry College in Milton, Massachusetts .
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Painting depicting a lecture in a knight academy, painted by Pieter Isaacsz or Reinhold Timm for Rosenborg Castle as part of a series of seven paintings depicting the seven independent arts. This painting illustrates rhetoric. Jesus was a preacher in 1st-century Judea. Rhetoric (/ ˈrɛtərɪk /) is the art of persuasion.
Santhiya or Santhya (Gurmukhi: ਸੰਥਿਆ, romanized: Sathi'ā; ' elocution ') is the correct pronunciation (ucharan[1]) of Gurbani, [2][3] taught in the manner of the 10th Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh. [4] It is comparable to the Islamic tajwid. Santhiya is almost always taught via a giani (also known as an Ustadh or Gurdev), who then ...
[1]: 65–66 [3]: 83 Hartley sees good elocution as natural, not as an art, and avoids the use of the word elocution; she discourages women from speaking in such a way as to draw attention to themselves, [3]: 84 or asking professional men (such as physicians, attorneys, artists, merchants, or mechanics) about the subject matter of their work.
A cabinet of minerals and curiosities has been commenced; an annual course of free lectures is supported by the institution; an elocution class has been formed, the exercises of which consist in the reading of original compositions, declamation, and debate. ... The library is open three hours every Tuesday and Saturday evening.