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  2. List of speeches - Wikipedia

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    Topics (c. 350 BC) De Inventione (84 BC) Rhetorica ad Herennium (80 BC) De Oratore (55 BC) A Dialogue Concerning Oratorical Partitions (c. 50 BC) De Optimo Genere Oratorum (46 BC) Orator (46 BC) On the Sublime (c. 50) Institutio Oratoria (95) Panegyrici Latini (100–400) Dialogus de oratoribus (102) De doctrina Christiana (426) De vulgari ...

  3. Rhetoric - Wikipedia

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    However, Aristotle argued that speech can be used to classify, study, and interpret speeches and as a useful skill. Aristotle believed that this technique was an art, and that persuasive speech could have truth and logic embedded within it. In the end, rhetoric speech still remained popular and was used by many scholars and philosophers. [23]

  4. Modes of persuasion - Wikipedia

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    This process gets its name because speakers need to use the correct words during a speech so their audience correctly understands their message. If a speaker wants to use a specific word, slang, or metaphor, he/she needs to do a lot of research on his/her audience's background to understand the values and knowledge of their audience to persuade ...

  5. Rhetorical modes - Wikipedia

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    The purpose of argumentation (also called persuasive writing) is to prove the validity of an idea, or point of view, by presenting sound reasoning, discussion, and argument to thoroughly convince the reader. Persuasive writing/persuasion is a type of argumentation with the additional aim to urge the reader to take some form of action.

  6. Speeches and debates of Ronald Reagan - Wikipedia

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    The speech made Time magazine's "Top 10 Greatest Speeches List" [20] and was written by Peter Robinson. [38] West Berlin 1988: January 25: 1988 State of the Union Address. This was Reagan's last State of the Union Address. Not content to rest on his laurels, he announced a policy agenda.

  7. Rhetoric (Aristotle) - Wikipedia

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    Epilogues are the conclusion of speeches and must include four things: "disposing the hearer favorably toward the speaker and unfavorably to the opponent, amplifying and minimizing, moving the hearer into emotional reactions, and giving reminder of the speech's main points". [1]: III.19:1–4

  8. Glossary of rhetorical terms - Wikipedia

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    Eloquence – fluent, elegant, persuasive, and forceful speech, persuading an audience. Ellipse – the suppression of ancillary words to render an expression more lively or more forceful. Elocutio – the stage of elaborating the wording of a text, using correct grammar and diction.

  9. Original Oratory - Wikipedia

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    Original Oratory (often shortened to "OO") is a competitive event in the National Speech and Debate Association, Stoa USA, National Catholic Forensic League, and other high school forensic competitions in which competitors deliver an original, factual speech on a subject of their choosing. Though the rules for the category change from ...