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Yes, what I remember most from college was the time a Shakespeare professor was moved to tears by his discussion of the power of second chances--of redemption--in The Winter's Tale. I now teach English myself, and the moments when I speak from the heart are the moments when my students are most attentive. My student surveys bear this out.

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@mikko

"specific patterns of emotions"

Indeed. But these books and all the speaker training I have taken stress the use of such to help guide audiences to your point and to help them remember it. Robin's suggestion that the emotion alone is the key item impresses me as novel.

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