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Hathaway, B. A.

"1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading"


115. _What are Pauses?_
Suspensions of the voice in reading or speaking.
116. _How many kinds of pauses are there?_
Two.
117. _What are they?_
Grammatical and Rhetorical.
118. _What is Suspensive quantity?_
Prolongation of the voice at the end of a word without making an
actual pause.
119. _What does Quantity embrace?_
Force and rate.
120. _What quality of voice is mostly used in speaking and reading?_
Pure tone.
121. _What is meant by Prose?_
All composition which is not written in verse.
122. _What are some of the varieties of Prose?_
Letters, Essays, Travels, History, and Discourses.
123. _What is a Letter as a variety of prose?_
A written communication addressed by the writer to some other
person.
124. _What is an Essay?_
A written discourse on some special subject.
125. _What are Travels?_
Records of journeys.
126. _What is History?_
A record of past events.
127. _What is a Discourse?_
A performance read or spoken to an audience.
128. _Should the voice agree in style with the different varieties
of prose?_
It should, and the performer should endeavor to produce the exact
sentiments of the writer.


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