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Monday, November 10, 2008
THE ART OF ORATORY Barack Obama’s speech in Chicago following his victory in the US election was a fine example of the rhetorical brilliance that helped him defeat Hillary Clinton and John McCain. The main rhetorical techniques include: Contrasts: e.g. Two rhetorical questions to lead into the peroration.
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Thursday, February 11, 2010
Principle V: Persuasive rhetoric passes the test of four critical questions: Is it articulate? When you’re on the receiving end of rhetoric, listen closely for clarity. If a politician says, for example, that he supports our troops, ask yourself, What’s the alternative? 0160; Is there a real alternative?
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Here are two examples: . To raise a happy, healthy and hopeful child, it takes a family, it takes teachers, it takes clergy, it takes business people, it takes community leaders, it takes those who protect our health and safely, it takes all of us.”. . Crafting a great speech is like making music. Anaphora. . Epistrophe. .
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Principle IV: Persuasive rhetoric deals in stories, facts, and tropes. We say the United States is “wooing” North Korea, for example, or the company “seduced” a new employee with great benefits, a high salary, and a really sexy car. Of course, none of us paid any attention to what he was actually saying.
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Friday, August 28, 2009
He's left a great void in our public life and a hole in the hearts of millions of Americans and hundreds of us who were affected by his personal touch throughout our lives. Tags: ted kennedy rhetoric Joe Biden funeral orations conodolences It was always about you. It was never about him.” B) It's hundreds upon hundreds of people.
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
If the then prospective parliamentary candidate for Yeovil possessed a suit, he certainly wasn’t wearing it that day, preferring to appear in a sweater and open necked shirt – though the podium unfortunately prevents us from seeing whether or not he was also wearing sandals. Tags: rhetoric Ashdown three part list charisma
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Friday, January 9, 2009
But the inauguration of an American president is an interesting example of how a former colony can sometimes outperform the old mother country with a set-piece event that makes the arrival of a new British prime minister about as inspiring as the sight of someone changing planes at Heathrow Airport. location'.
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Friday, October 23, 2009
(Postscript on the 'star of the show' added on Saturday 24th October) I'm quite often asked how rhetorical techniques actually work to trigger a positive response from members of an audience. Or, if you hear a rhetorical question, you'll know that that you'll be able to respond as soon as the answer is completed. love this country."
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
The main finding – that most bursts of applause are triggered by a small number of simple rhetorical techniques – not only surprised me, but also launched me on a new career (further details on which can be found in the books listed on the left of this page and/or my main website.). Video clips of the first six examples can be seen below.
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Thursday, March 26, 2009
What attracted most attention about the results was the observation that most bursts of applause are triggered by a small number of simple rhetorical techniques ( Our Masters’ Voices: the Language and Body Language of Politics , 1984). Tags: rhetoric applause memorable speech Daniel Hannan But I do have the beginnings of a theory.
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