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audience-directed oratory, assess its rhetorical and delivery state, and determine appropriate preparation, presentation, preservation and reuse actions.", "definition": "Oratory is the practice or art of addressing an audience formally through sustained speech, typically using deliberate rhetorical composition and delivery to persuade, commemorate, or inspire.", "scope_statement": "This model owns oratory as a formal rhetorical address, connecting its intended discourse, audience, occasion and delivery while distinguishing the address from scripts, recordings, transcripts and individual copies.", "in_scope": [ "Identity and boundaries of a formal rhetorical address", "Audience, occasion, speaker role and communicative purpose", "Argument, rhetorical arrangement and expressive choices", "Preparation, vocal delivery and audience interaction", "Relationships among composed versions, delivered addresses and documentary records", "Evidence of reception and constraints on presentation or 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sermon, toast or political speech may also be oratory when it meets the formal rhetorical-address criteria; those labels are not mutually exclusive.", "Length and perceived pomposity are descriptive tendencies in the registry definition, not assumed mandatory thresholds." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Rhetorical purpose", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "persuasion; commemoration; praise or blame; exhortation; ceremonial affirmation; mixed; unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Sets the basis for assessing arrangement, audience fit and intended outcomes." }, { "name": "Audience relationship", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "speaker to intended audience, physically present audience and mediated audience", "why_it_matters": "Separates those directly addressed from later listeners and readers." }, { "name": "Occasion and speaking authority", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "hosting occasion, speaker role, invitation or mandate, and applicable speaking protocol", "why_it_matters": "Explains why the address occurs and which interventions or forms of address are appropriate." }, { "name": "Delivery duration", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "minutes, with treatment of pauses and interruptions stated", "why_it_matters": "Supports timing decisions without treating long duration as sufficient evidence of oratory." }, { "name": "Preparation and delivery mode", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "read from script; memorised; delivered from notes; extemporaneous; mixed; unknown", "why_it_matters": "Determines which preparation artifacts and delivery differences an agent should track." }, { "name": "Address lifecycle", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "proposed; drafted; rehearsed; scheduled; delivered; interrupted; cancelled", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes an intended address from a completed speaking occurrence." }, { "name": "Rhetorical organisation", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "identified sections, argument sequence, recurring motifs and appeal types, with supporting passages", "why_it_matters": "Makes analysis reviewable rather than relying on impressions of eloquence." }, { "name": "Documentary relationship", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "address linked to script version, delivery occurrence, transcript, translation, recording and excerpt", "why_it_matters": "Prevents an edited text or partial recording from silently standing for the delivered address." }, { "name": "Reception evidence", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "observed reactions, audience reports, later commentary and subsequent actions, each tied to a source", "why_it_matters": "Supports qualified assessment of impact while separating observation from causal inference." } ], "affordances": [ "Classify a candidate address against explicit oratory criteria and record uncertain boundaries.", "Prepare or revise an address for a stated audience, occasion, rhetorical purpose and speaking allowance.", "Annotate arguments, 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to atrocity; persuasive power carries responsibility.", "Audiences deserve to know who is really speaking." ], "affected_parties": [ "Audiences", "Speakers", "Groups targeted by speeches" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "Nobody owns the art; each speaker answers for their own speech.", "master_systems": [] }, "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Demagogic speech can incite violence and division.", "Fabricated speeches can damage reputations and mislead the public." ], "what_it_is_for": [ "Oratory occurs in public assemblies, ceremonies, debates and other settings where a speaker formally addresses an audience.", "It uses sustained composition and deliberate delivery to persuade listeners, commemorate events or inspire collective action." ], "facets_not_applicable": { "interfaces": "No universal standard or official classification applies to oratory as an art independently of its venue, content and use.", "recognition": "Oratory is a communicative practice whose purpose and rhetorical organization cannot be established from visual appearance alone." } }, "sources": [ { "id": "oewn", "title": "Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-07255865-n", "url": "https://en-word.net/id/oewn-07255865-n", "what_it_supports": "sense and gloss of the concept", "url_status": "live", "checked_by": "http 200" }, { "id": "wiktionary-en", "title": "Wiktionary: oratory", "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oratory", "what_it_supports": "word senses and usage", "url_status": "live", "checked_by": "http 200" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "address-identity-and-boundaries", "name": "Address identity and boundaries", "description": "Establishes what counts as the oratorical address and where it begins and ends.", "rationale": "An agent must distinguish a formal rhetorical address from its occasion, neighbouring speech forms and documentary substitutes.", "layers": [ { "id": "oratorical-status", "name": "Oratorical status", "description": "Tests the candidate against formal 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deliveries.", "questions": [ { "text": "Where does the address begin and end, and are introductions, audience interruptions and subsequent questions included?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "speaking-occurrence-boundaries-q01" }, { "text": "Is a later delivery treated as another occurrence of this address, a revised version or a distinct address, and on what evidence?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "speaking-occurrence-boundaries-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "audience-occasion-and-purpose", "name": "Audience, occasion and purpose", "description": "Locates the address within the relationship among speaker, listeners and occasion.", "rationale": "The suitability of an oration depends on whom it addresses, why the speaker has the floor and what response is sought.", "layers": [ { "id": "audience-and-mandate", "name": "Audience and mandate", "description": "Identifies addressed groups and the basis of the speaker's role.", "findings": [ { "id": "speaker-audience-relationship", "name": "Speaker-audience relationship", "description": "Record intended and actual audiences alongside the speaker's invitation, office or other speaking capacity.", "questions": [ { "text": "Who is directly addressed, who else can hear the address, and what evidence supports that distinction?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "speaker-audience-relationship-q01" }, { "text": "In what capacity does the speaker address this audience, and what occasion-specific protocol governs the speaking turn?", "kind": "definition", "id": "speaker-audience-relationship-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "desired-audience-response", "name": "Desired audience response", "description": "Makes rhetorical objectives explicit and distinguishes them from analyst interpretation.", "findings": [ { "id": "purpose-and-fit", "name": "Purpose and fit", "description": "Record the judgment, feeling, commitment or action the address seeks to encourage.", "questions": [ { "text": "What response does the address seek, and is that purpose 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shortened, clarified or adapted for oral comprehension while preserving the intended argument and emphasis?", "kind": "action", "id": "rhetorical-devices-in-context-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "preparation-and-delivery", "name": "Preparation and delivery", "description": "Connects prepared discourse to the unfolding speaking performance.", "rationale": "Oratory is affected by timing, voice, embodiment and audience interruption, which a script alone cannot establish.", "layers": [ { "id": "delivery-readiness", "name": "Delivery readiness", "description": "Records preparation mode and practical fit with the speaking conditions.", "findings": [ { "id": "rehearsal-and-speaking-allowance", "name": "Rehearsal and speaking allowance", "description": "Track script or note readiness, rehearsal timing and the occasion's speaking allowance.", "questions": [ { "text": "Will the speaker read, memorise, use notes or speak extemporaneously, and which preparation version is current?", "kind": "definition", "id": "rehearsal-and-speaking-allowance-q01" }, { "text": "How long does rehearsal take with planned pauses, and what revision is needed to meet the allotted time?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "rehearsal-and-speaking-allowance-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "performed-address", "name": "Performed address", "description": "Captures observable delivery and departures from preparation.", "findings": [ { "id": "voice-gesture-and-adaptation", "name": "Voice, gesture and adaptation", "description": "Record evidenced pacing, pauses, vocal emphasis, gestures and responses to audience behaviour.", "questions": [ { "text": "What recording or observation supports descriptions of pacing, emphasis, gesture and audience-directed pauses?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "voice-gesture-and-adaptation-q01" }, { "text": "Where did the speaker omit, add or rephrase material, or adapt delivery after an interruption?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "voice-gesture-and-adaptation-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "records-reception-and-reuse", "name": "Records, reception and reuse", "description": "Preserves the distinction between the delivered address, its representations and claims about its effects.", "rationale": "Agents must choose reliable representations and support reuse and impact assessments with evidence specific to the address.", "layers": [ { "id": "text-and-recording-lineage", "name": "Text and recording lineage", "description": "Connects authored wording and delivered speech to surviving versions and records.", "findings": [ { "id": "representation-fidelity-and-permissions", "name": "Representation fidelity and permissions", "description": "Identify authorship, editorial intervention, completeness and documented reuse conditions for each representation.", "questions": [ { "text": "Who composed, delivered, transcribed, translated or edited this representation, and how faithfully does it document the delivered wording?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "representation-fidelity-and-permissions-q01" }, { "text": "Which version or excerpt may be quoted, adapted or replayed under the documented permissions, and what attribution is required?", "kind": "action", "id": "representation-fidelity-and-permissions-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "reception-and-effect", "name": "Reception and effect", "description": "Separates immediate audience behaviour, reported interpretation and subsequent outcomes.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidenced-rhetorical-outcomes", "name": "Evidenced rhetorical outcomes", "description": "Evaluate reception against stated purposes without equating applause, visibility or later events with persuasion.", "questions": [ { "text": "What direct observations or attributed reports show how particular audiences received the address?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "evidenced-rhetorical-outcomes-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence supports a change in judgment or action attributable to the address, and which alternative explanations 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