Jokes And Anecdotes For All Occasions

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Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780483638778
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (387 download)

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Download or read book Jokes for All Occasions written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-22 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Jokes for All Occasions: Selected and Edited by One of the America's Foremost Public Speakers The ways of telling a story are as many as the tellers themselves. It is impossible to lay down precise rules by which any one may perfect himself in the art, but it is possible to ofl'er suggestions by which to guide practise in narration toward a gratifying success. Broadly distinguished, there are two methods of tell ing a story. One uses the extreme of brevity, and makes its chief reliance on the point. The other devotes itself in great part to preliminary elaboration in the narrative, making this as amusing as possible, so that the point itself serves to cap a climax. In the public telling of an anecdote the tyro would be well advised to follow the first method. That is, he should put his reliance on the point of the story, and on this alone. He should scrupu lously limit himself to such statements as are absolutely essential to clear understanding of the point. He should make a careful examination of the story with two objects in mind: the first, to determine just what is required in the way of explanation; the second, an exact understand ing of the point itself. Then, when it comes to the re lating of the story, he must simply give the information required by the hearers in order to appreciate the point. As to the point itself, he must guard against any care lessness. Omission of an essential detail is fatal. It may be well for him, at the outset, to memorize the con elusion of the story. No matter how falteringly the story is told, it will succeed if the point itself be made clear, and this is insured for even the most embarrassed speaker by memorizing it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.