Let’s use Hillary Clinton in her well known 1996 speech at the Democratic National Convention:   “To Epistrophe     Here’s Hillary again some years later and still using great rhetorical technique:   “If Tags: Examples of Powerful Speakers Anaphora cadence Epistrophe Hillary Clinton Music repetition rhetori Crafting a great speech is like making music. In music, rhyme, rhythm, timing, pacing, and melodic repetition are essential for listeners to retain your message and sing or hum certain passages over and over again.

Many seeking to learn how to be eloquent turn to longstanding rhetorical devices, the tricks of the trade of eloquent speakers --if they know where to find them. For those who didn't study rhetoric, there's a great online resource at the American Rhetoric website: rhetorical figures of speech in sound . In the same set of examples is a Hillary Clinton convention speech outtake from 1996: "To raise You'll find a box with 40 figures of speech listed; click on any of them to find it defined, illustrated with an excerpt from a famous speech and with an audio excerpt , key to hearing effective delivery.