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  2. Individual events (speech) - Wikipedia

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    In Original Oratory, a competitor prepares an original speech which may be informative or persuasive in nature. A competitor may use one speech for the entire season. The purpose of Oratory is to inspire belief or reinforce conviction. At the high-school level, the speech is generally delivered without visual aids or notes.

  3. A Dialogue Concerning Oratorical Partitions - Wikipedia

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    A Dialogue Concerning Oratorical Partitions (also called De Partitione Oratoria Dialogus, Partitiones Oratoriae, or De Partitionbus Oratoriae, translated to be "On the subdivisions of oratory") is a rhetorical treatise, written by Cicero.

  4. Institutio Oratoria - Wikipedia

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    Institutio Oratoria (English: Institutes of Oratory) is a twelve-volume textbook on the theory and practice of rhetoric by Roman rhetorician Quintilian. It was published around year 95 AD. It was published around year 95 AD.

  5. Rhetorica ad Herennium - Wikipedia

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    Both these figures create emphasis on the independent words or clauses within the entire thought; Period is the opposite, in which words in a sentence are close-packed and uninterrupted to form a complete thought. Homoeoptoton occurs when two or more words in the same sentence are in the same case with the same ending;

  6. 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 ...

  7. Public speaking - Wikipedia

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    Public speaking, also called oratory, is the practice of delivering speeches to a live audience. [3] Throughout history, public speaking has held significant cultural, religious, and political importance, emphasizing the necessity of effective rhetorical skills.

  8. Can the Chiefs deliver a perfect season? 10 big questions for ...

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    During a five-game losing streak it was apparent that A-Rod has yet to return to pre-injury form. Yet the Jets (3-6) have reason to hang hopes on a second-half surge. Yet the Jets (3-6) have ...

  9. Grand style (rhetoric) - Wikipedia

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    A common feature of rhetoric in the grand style is the use of a repeated pattern, often emphasizing a word or phrase; this can be in the form of anaphora (Greek for 'carrying back') whereby the beginning of a series of clauses are repeated: