63. What does Pitch signify?
The place in the musical scale on which
an element is sounded.
64. What is Force?
That property of the voice which relates
to loudness of sound.
65. How many different kinds of Force?
Five.
66. What are they?
Suppressed, subdued, ordinary, energetic,
and vehement.
67. To what does Stress relate?
Different modes of applying force.
68. How many kinds of Stress?
Three.
69. What are they?
Expulsive, Explosive, and Vanishing.
70. What is meant by Quantity?
Length of time the voice dwells on a word.
71. What is Quality?
That property which relates to the kind
of voice.
72. What is Movement?
The degree of rapidity with which the
voice moves from one word to
another.
73. How many kinds of Movement?
Six.
74. What are they?
Very slow, slow, moderate, lively, rapid,
and very rapid.
75. What does Expression comprehend?
The practical application of all the principles
of reading and
elocution.
76. What is Cadence?
The natural dropping of the voice at the
end of a sentence,
denoting completeness of thought.
77. What is a Rhetorical pause?
A suspension of the voice for rhetorical
effect.
78. What is Emphasis?
Giving force and energy to certain words.
79. How many kinds of Emphasis?
Two.
80. What are they?
Absolute and relative.
81. What is Absolute emphasis?
Emphasis made without any contrast with
other words.
82. What is Relative emphasis?
Emphasis used where there is antithesis
either expressed or implied.
83. Is a whole Phrase ever made emphatic?
It is often.
84. For what purpose?
To give it great force.
85. What is the Emphatic pause?
Pause made for emphasis.
86. What is Antithesis?
Two or more words opposed to each other
in meaning.
87. What is a Climax?
A series of particulars increasing in
importance to the last.
88. What is Anti-climax?
A series of particulars decreasing in
importance to the last.
89. What is meant by Transition?
Any sudden change in reading.
90. What is Emphatic repetition?
Words repeated for emphasis.
91. What is an Interrogation?
A statement, or assertion, put in the
form of a question.
92. What is an Exclamation?
A statement denoting strong emotions.
93. What is Personation?
One person imitating the actions and manners
of some other person
or
persons.