Thursday, October 8, 2009

WHAT IS ORATORY....?????




Have you ever been at a conference or a show where the speaker gave a speech and you walked out sighing in amazement at the power and movement it possessed?For information orator is a person who delivers a speech or oration,also a skilled and eloquent public spaeker.Meanwhile oration is an elobarate discourse delivered in a formal and dignified manner.According to the main title,what is oratory?Oratory is a speech that goes above and beyond and take its listeners to a level of capivation and understanding that is trance like.
Buehler and Johanneson defined oratory as a memorized,original,persuasive speech,dealing with worth-while subject matter of timely interest,demonstrating qualities of logic,organization,language and delivery,and producing an effect of eloquence which is far above to ordinary.
Oratory uses the principles of the art of 'RHETORIC'.Rhetoric is one of the oldest disciplines that are still actively studied around the world.
The firts orator were called 'SOPHIST'.They spoke an political issues and also taught others how to speak.Oratory is a critical support to democracy.Today it is found primarily in the government but also with our religous figures,actors,and other public speaker.
Who was known as the Boy Orator,William Jennings Bryon,gifted orator and three times presendential candidate,was known The Boy Orator.
In our country,Malaysia also have many orator.

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