"The study of delivery, the elocutionists argued, would extend our knowledge of human nature. Whatever we learn about symbolic vocal expressions and gestures assumes importance because these characteristics belong exclusively to man." (Pg. 192)
In what ways and to what extent do you understand the "art of delivery" as informing us of our own and others' human nature?
The art of delivery is important in deciphering what someone is trying to say. The way someone sounds changes the way they seem. This is important in a rhetorical sense because your perception of someone will change if they speak to you a certain way. I think that if a person speaks properly in the sense that the elocutionary movement was saying then the person will sound more intelligent than say a person with a southern accent. This because it changes our perception even though so someone will a different accent could be more intelligent, the way they speak can diminish credibility.
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