The public speaker's treasure chest : a compendium of source material to make your speech sparkle /
Herbert V. Prochnow.
- xi, 623 pages ; 22 centimeters
Index : pages 567-623.
How to gain by talking well -- Illustrations and stories make conversation interesting -- What to avoid in speeches and conversation -- Improving your speech -- How to prepare your speech -- How to make your speech sparkle -- The requirements of public speaking -- Ten commandments for speakers -- Humorous stories -- Witticisms and epigrams -- Amusing and unusual definitions -- Interesting lives and interesting facts -- Biblical quotations -- A rich treasure house of selected quotations -- Pertinent proverbs -- Quotations of wisdom and humor -- Quotations and illustrations for special days -- Similes -- Colorful phrases for sparkling speech.