Abstract
Like all forensic events, oratory must begin and end with effective communication. Oratory shares with all other speech contests a general educational aim - to help you increase your personal effectiveness as a speaker and to help you understand the circumstances in which speech can benefit you and the society of which you are a part. Unless you understand that the right to speak freely entails responsibilities to other equally free men, the ability to speak effectively is without merit. The speaker who uses his ability to manipulate listeners selfishly, to deceive instead of to enlighten, to subvert instead of to encourage free choice is a public menace. If oratory is to accomplish anything it must teach the non-extemporaneous speaker to discipline himself within the rules of effective communication. Those rules stem from the Greek concepts of ethos, logos, and pathos, and the orator, more than any other competitor, must seek the best balance among them.
Journal Title
Iowa Communication Journal
Volume
8
Issue
1
First Page
22
Last Page
25
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Hall, Jerry
(1976)
"Original Oratory Vs Communication,"
Iowa Journal of Communication: Vol. 8:
No.
1, Article 5.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/ijc/vol8/iss1/5
Copyright
©1976 Iowa Communication Association
