Oratory

best fit to lead? Marc Antony may seem like the less obvious choice, but his charisma, experience, and oratory skills equate him to Ronald Reagan and John F. Kennedy. His military experience and the respect gained from…

In Joseph Brant’s oratory he discusses the various ways how the Six Nations demonstrated their loyalty to the British Crown. Some notable facts about Brant were that he was bilingual and literate, translated the gospel into Mohawk, he visited England twice and was well received by the court as well as befriended by the Prince of Wales (Calloway 208). Additionally, in one of his messages to the British, for example to Lord Germain, he reminds how the “Mohocks…have on all occasions shewn their…

First of all, hate speech is one reason why comments should be moderated on social media. According to the article Preventing Online Hate Speech Through Social Media And Democratic Participation, hate speech can be defined as “antisocial oratory that is intended to encourage persecution against people because of their race, color, religion, ethnic group, or nationality, and has a substantial likelihood of causing...harm” (Tesis, 2002, p.211). Some people just want to say harsh words to people…

The beginning of World War II and Hitler’s role in it is a very long and interesting one, like most wars it was a series of events that led to the ultimate conflict. Let 's start off in January of 1919 with Anton Drexler. Drexler had just founded the German Workers’ Party (DAP) inside the Fuerstenfelder hotel in Munich, a few months before-hand Hitler demobilized in Munich due to an almost complete demilitarisation of German forces. After Hitler’s return he was assigned intelligence agent by a…

share will not be discussed among scholars each day. In this regard, Quintilian has already passed me up in scholarly rank. However, I still have the power to disagree with his ideas. His basis for oratory, though compelling, stands on shaky ground. It is vastly important in our vocal society to have oratory skills. This is why, after all these years, we can still use the wise words of philosophers like Quintilian, Aristotle, and Plato to improve our use of rhetoric. With this in mind, anyone,…

The most effective oratory techniques displayed during this debate were the use of pathos, and ethos. The first oratory technique that was utilized by the majority of speakers was pathos. There was a large number of speakers who were against the Delian League who decided to try to sway the audience by using emotions and…

I joined NHI (the National Hispanic’s Institute), and met someone who would change my life forever. I was put in the competitive team of oratory at NHI which was led by a beautiful, stunningly compassionate and loving Dominican senior from IB named Yvette Peña. Yvette created an exercise called “Make Me Feel Something”, which required each member of the oratory team to think of an emotion and make the audience of coaches feel it by telling a personal story that directly related to the emotion of…

justification to Southerners to allow slavery in new territories, such as Kansas, thus, angering Northerners and increasing sectional tension. Conflict in Kansas demonstrated the causes of the Civil War and it’s timing. The death of the public oratories, Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and John C. Calhoun were prominent and prompt causes of the Civil War. The three of nation’s greatest speakers had the interest of their sections in mind but had the preservation of the Union as their main concern.…

NSDAP. Historians such as Ian Kershaw and Hans Mommsen believe that Hitler was a “weak dictator” and his success was only due to the projections of the people, who needed a savior at that time, and not due to any of Hitler’s abilities such as his oratory…

The Rise of the Rhetorical Presidency written by James W. Ceaser, Glen E. Thurow, Jeffrey K. Tulis and Joseph M. Bessette, discussed various changes the electoral branch has experienced in the last 81 years and its overall effect on American politics. The key point this work touches on is “Popular or mass rhetoric, which presidents once employed only, rarely now serves as one of their principal tools in attempting to govern the nation”. The author's use various examples claiming the shift began…