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Let an agent explain oratory and its forms, analyse and summarise specific speeches with sources, support writing and delivering speeches, and describe political speeches neutrally.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

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Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain oratory and its forms, analyse and summarise specific speeches with sources, support writing and delivering speeches, and describe political speeches neutrally.

A formal speech delivered on a ceremonial, political or public occasion, such as a state of the union address, an inaugural or campaign speech, a eulogy or a policy statement, composed with rhetorical structure and delivered live or by broadcast; orations are studied in rhetoric, recorded as creative works and analysed in politics and history.

What it is for: Formal public speaking.

It can be analyse the structure and rhetoric of a speech; summarise a specific oration with sources; support writing and delivering speeches; describe political speeches neutrally.

Distinguishing features

Formal and public

Rhetorically composed

Occasion-bound

Recorded and analysed

What it looks like

Not physical; delivered speeches and their texts.

How it is recognised

Formal public speech

Rhetorical structure

A conversation or lecture is not an oration

Related models

is a kind of - category

creative work

is a kind of - category

oral media

is related to - other speech forms

dialogue

is delivered by - heads of government among others

chancellor

In practice

Families and kinds

political and state addresses

campaign speeches

ceremonial orations such as eulogies

broadcast addresses

classical orations

Standards and regulation

Copyright in speech texts

Broadcasting and electoral rules on political addresses

Failure modes and hazards

Partisan framing of political speeches

Misquotation

Fabricated or misattributed speeches

Also called

campaign speechState of the Union addressupstream strategyradio speechgovernment policy statementWeekly Address of the President of the United StatesPresidential Address to the Federal Assembly of Russiathanksgivingspeech manuscriptMercurialeHJ Schoo-lezingfreedom of speech in schools in the United Statespolitical rallyphilippicokotobapolicy speechRoyal Christmas messages of the Netherlandsmourning speech for members of the Japanese dietTencere tava hep aynı havaOracjaSpeech at the opening of the Folketing by the Prime Minister of Denmarkentrance speechprosopopoeiaepideictichead of state's discourseacceptance speechGeorge S. Patton's speech to the Third ArmyTans lecturespoken interludeChristmas Eve National SpeechWeimar speechespapal allocutionOscar speechDeliberative rhetoricpolitical rhetoricHuizinga LecturelaudatioState of the Nation addressCarpenter's toastSeptember Declaration

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Analyse Understanding a speech.

Rhetoric.

Structure

Rhetorical structure.

Structure

Structure.

  1. How is this oration structured, and which rhetorical devices does it use? definition
  2. What is its purpose and audience? definition

Verify

Text and attribution.

Verify

Verification.

  1. Is this quotation accurate and correctly attributed, according to the official transcript or archive? provenance
  2. Where is the authoritative text? provenance
Write Composing and delivering.

Craft.

Compose

Writing a speech.

Compose

Writing.

  1. How should this speech be structured for its occasion and audience? action
  2. Which rhetorical techniques suit it? action

Deliver

Delivery.

Deliver

Delivery.

  1. How can delivery, pacing and presence be improved? action
  2. How can nerves be managed? action
Politics Political speeches.

Neutral description.

Summarise

Summarising a speech.

Summarise

Summarising.

  1. What did this political speech say, according to the transcript, and how was it received, with reactions attributed? provenance
  2. Is the summary neutral and balanced? boundary

Rules

Rules on addresses.

Rules

Rules.

  1. Which broadcasting or electoral rules govern political addresses here? provenance
  2. Are there rights of reply? provenance
History Great orations.

Rhetorical tradition.

Classical

Classical rhetoric.

Classical

Classical rhetoric.

  1. What do classical rhetoric and its orators teach about oration? provenance
  2. Which speeches are studied as models? provenance

Archives

Speech archives.

Archives

Archives.

  1. Where can recordings and transcripts of historic orations be found? provenance
  2. How are they cited? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each famous speech be a separate entry?
  • How should speech archives be linked?
  • How should rhetoric resources be linked?
Draft as JSON