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Start of eBook	1
WHAT RHETORIC IS	1
THE USE OF RHETORIC	2
THE VALUE OF THE GIFT OF SPEECH	4
THE ART OF SPEAKING	4
IS ELOQUENCE A GIFT OF NATURE?	5
RHETORIC AND MISREPRESENTATION	6
THE OBJECT OF A SPEECH	6
ELOQUENCE ACQUIRED BY STUDY AND PRACTISE	7
THE EXORDIUM OR INTRODUCTION	8
THE PURPOSE OF THE INTRODUCTION	8
IDEAS TO AVOID AND TO INCLUDE	9
STUDYING YOUR HEARERS	9
AROUSING EMOTIONS	9
MATERIAL FOR THE INTRODUCTION	10
TWO TYPES OF INTRODUCTIONS	11
HOW TO SELECT THE RIGHT BEGINNING	12
THE VALUE OF NATURALNESS	12
THE NEED OF SIMPLICITY OF EXPRESSION	13
“TYING UP” THE INTRODUCTION	14
THE NARRATION	14
THE TWO KINDS OF NARRATION	14
HOW TO MAKE THE CONCLUSION	15
PURPOSES OF THE NARRATION	15
THE QUALITIES NEEDED FOR SUCCESS	16
GETTING YOUR STATEMENTS ACCEPTED	17
THE ORDER OF THE NARRATION	18
DIVISION AND ARGUMENT	18
THE MISTAKE OF TOO MANY DIVISIONS	18
DISADVANTAGES OF DIVISIONS	19
WHEN THE DIVISION IS DESIRABLE	19
PITFALLS IN ARGUMENT	19
ESSENTIALS OF GOOD ARGUMENT	20
THE BEST ORDER OF THE ARGUMENT	20
THE PERORATION	21
RULES FOR THE PERORATION	21
PURPOSES OF THE PERORATION	22
HOW TO AROUSE EMOTIONS	23
PASSION AND PERSUASION	25
QUALITIES NEEDED IN THE ORATOR	26
THE SECRET OF MOVING THE PASSIONS	27
THE POWER OF MENTAL IMAGERY	28
RULES FOR PRACTISE	28
THE STUDY OF WORDS	29
THE PROPER VALUE OF WORDS	29
THE DANGER OF VERBIAGE	30
ACQUIRING A PRACTICAL VOCABULARY	31
HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORDS	31
ELEGANCE AND GRACE	31
THE VALUE OF BEAUTY OF EXPRESSION	32
DEVELOPING VARIETY OF STYLE	33
THE CHOICE OF WORDS	33
THE MANNER OF DELIVERY	34
FAULTS OF EXPRESSION TO AVOID	34
USE OF VIVID DESCRIPTION	35
HOW TO EMPLOY SIMILES AND METAPHORS	37
COMPOSITION AND STYLE	38
THE POWER OF SKILFUL COMPOSITION	39
THE ESSENTIALS OF GOOD COMPOSITION	40
THE COMPOSITION OF PERIODS	41
THE USE OF PERIODS	42
FITTING EXPRESSION TO THOUGHT	42
FAULTS IN COMPOSITION	43
COPIOUSNESS OF WORDS	44
THE RIGHT WORD IN THE RIGHT PLACE	44
THE VALUE OF HEARING SPEAKERS	44
THE ADVANTAGES OF READING	45
HOW TO READ MOST PROFITABLY	45
WHAT TO READ	45
QUALITIES OF CLASSIC WRITERS	47
KNOWLEDGE AND SELF-CONFIDENCE	51
THOROUGH INFORMATION INDISPENSABLE	51
THE MANNER OF THE SPEAKER	52
THE NEED OF GOOD DELIVERY	52
THE TEST OF AN ORATION	52
AVOIDING OSTENTATION	53
DO NOT ABUSE YOUR OPPONENT	54
THOROUGH PREPARATION ESSENTIAL	54
CONCLUSION	55
TAKING TIME FOR STUDY	57
THE REWARDS OF ELOQUENCE	58
ADVERTISEMENTS	59

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