The Vowel Sound as in “Choose”
Note: Tongue sags slightly with tip at base of lower front teeth; mouth well open; lips well rounded and extended; contact at upper back part of mouth. Notice that this (oo) resonance is the same as the second resonance in (u).
- booth—bo̅o̅th (sub-vocal).
- Booth (name)—bo̅o̅th.
- food—fo̅o̅d, not fo͝od.
- roof—ro̅o̅f, not ro͝of.
- coupon—ko̅o̅´pŏn, not kū´pon.
- room—ro̅o̅m, not rŭm nor ro͝om.
- broom—bro̅o̅m, not bro͝om.
- hoof—ho̅o̅f, not ho͝of.
- spoon—spo̅o̅n, not spo͝on.
- forsooth—fōr-so̅o̅th´, not fōr-so̅o̅th´ (sub-vocal).
- poor—po̅o̅r, not po͝or.
- root—ro̅o̅t, not ro͝ot.
- coop—co̅o̅p, not co͝op.
- tour—to̅o̅r, not tûr.
- tournament—to̅o̅r´na-mĕnt or tûr´na-mĕnt.
- troubadour—tro̅o̅´ba-door, not tro̅o̅´pa-dûr.
PART TWO
Identification of the Reader with the Story, or Sympathetic Reading
FIRST STEP. Getting the author’s MOOD. Catching the author’s vision. Emotional response. Distinguishing between ordinary reading and reading with author’s emotional appreciation. Emphasizing value of MOOD. Discussing control of emotion. Repressed feeling versus expressed feeling.
SECOND STEP. Word meaning—relation of word to group. Associative meaning of words. More vocabulary. Study of tone color. Use of Onomatopœia.
THIRD STEP. Study of Moods. Variety of Moods. Change and inter-change of Moods in a selection. Human nature and Mood. Colloquial expressions of the same Mood in classical language.
“Blessings upon all the books that are the delight of childhood and youth and unperverted manhood! Precious are the sympathetic tears which dim the page and which it is so wholesome to encourage in early life as a check to the growth of selfishness and egoism.”
—Hiram Corson, “The Voice and Spiritual Education,” p. 163.