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An Introduction to Style for the Public Speaker Jane Blankenship. 3 Word Choice Since Aristotle every speaker has been obliged to ask himself three questions about each word he uses : Is it clear ? Is it ... Choice Seeking Identification.
An Introduction to Style for the Public Speaker Jane Blankenship. 3 Word Choice Since Aristotle every speaker has been obliged to ask himself three questions about each word he uses : Is it clear ? Is it ... Choice Seeking Identification.
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... Choice Another way of securing identification is through preciseness of word choice . French novelist Flaubert always looked for le mot juste - the exact word . The story goes that when a fellow author , Guy de Maupassant , asked ...
... Choice Another way of securing identification is through preciseness of word choice . French novelist Flaubert always looked for le mot juste - the exact word . The story goes that when a fellow author , Guy de Maupassant , asked ...
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... choice based on stereotyped emotional response for choice based on careful and informed consideration of issues and inferences . For example , the epithets given President Johnson during the 1964 election- Light - Bulb Lyndon , Lyndon ...
... choice based on stereotyped emotional response for choice based on careful and informed consideration of issues and inferences . For example , the epithets given President Johnson during the 1964 election- Light - Bulb Lyndon , Lyndon ...
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