In fact, Mr. Obama was reaching even further back in history to the Greek orators who termed the use of a repetitious phrase in successive sentences, Anaphora.
The Roman orators Cicero and Quintilian believed that "paronomasia", the Greek term for punning, was a sign of intellectual suppleness and rhetorical skill.
Similarly, there were countless examples of whites, before they listen to or see Obama who is one of the great orators of our day, when interviewed, said, I won't vote for a black man.
Nick attributes his success to his honest and direct approach that challenges even the most confident orators to rethink how they communicate.
Mr. Obama also used another powerful device rhetorical device in his speech, one favored by orators since the dawn of civilization.
Perhaps that is what being a great parliamentarian amounts to: a rather grander version of the soap-box orators at Hyde Park's Speakers' Corner, whose fulmination is not closely listened to but whose mere presence is supposed to reassure onlookers that all is well with democracy.
When authors and orators have searched for ways to express the ultimate example of reverential exaltation, the periodically repeated scene in St.
Orators gave way to communicators (not the same thing) -- the geniuses of the form being Ronald Reagan and (because of his magnificent crowd sonar) Bill Clinton.
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On the weekend, you will find throngs of people lying on the grass, street dancers breaking down to boombox tunes and soapbox orators ranting.
Her brother, my great-uncle, is one of Pakistan's last remaining orators -- professional storytellers who read old stories written by famous writers of the Subcontinent.
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