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Steven Vrooman, PhDTexas Lutheran University

Elocutionary Exercises

Home and School Speaker. Chicago 1902: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012499534.

Engle & Siddons. Practical Illustrations of Rhetorical Gesture and Action. https://archive.org/details/practicalillustr00engluoft

These are acting/oration diagrams based on Delsarte’s “structural acting system.”

I use these as a speaking exercise designed for both fun and failure. It’s humorous, and no matter what you do, you kinda look goofy up there.

The more opportunities we make for things like this, the easier it is for people to work through their speaking anxieties.

Home and School Speaker. Chicago 1902: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012499534.

Engle & Siddons. Practical Illustrations of Rhetorical Gesture and Action. https://archive.org/details/practicalillustr00engluoft

These are acting/oration diagrams based on Delsarte’s “structural acting system.”

I use these as a speaking exercise designed for both fun and failure. It’s humorous, and no matter what you do, you kinda look goofy up there.

The more opportunities we make for things like this, the easier it is for people to work through their speaking anxieties.

Instructions:

Have a student go up to the front during the blank slide transition.

Tell them that they have to make up a story that involves the 3 emotions on the next slide.

They have to EXACTLY copy each gesture as they do so.

(You may have to define the terms for them)

SurpriseSalutationLaughter

Hearty Welcome Conceit Painful Recollection

Hopeful Love Persuasion Persuasion Repulsed

Agility Terror Love

Apprehension Thirst Menace

RemorseSubmissionDenial

Astonishment Suspicion Pride

BashfulnessAdmirationDefiance

Terror Fashionable Impudence Joy

Sublime Admiration Fallen Greatness Tranquil Joy

BanishmentListeningThe Signal

Foppery Anger Mirth

Impudence Mockery Grief

Dislike Invocation Patriotism

Vulgar Astonishment Supplication Contempt

Horror Vulgar Triumph Voluptuary

Resolution Cursing Adoration

Phlegm Terror Appeal

Voluptuous Indolence Dejection Obsequious Attention

Admiration Regret Disdain

Jealous Rage Devotion Quietude

The AttackHorrorFlight

Distraction Persuasion Vulgar Arrogance

Reproach Doubt Loftiness

Servility Enthusiasm Scorn

Caution Courage Hate

Sublime Adoration Expectation Despondency

DiscoveryMourningSupplication

Hauteur Despair Obsequiousness

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Steven Vrooman, PhDTexas Lutheran University

Elocutionary Exercises

I’d love to hear how the activity worked if you try it. Please let me know!