Eloquence - Wikipedia Eloquence From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Rhetoric For other uses, see Eloquence (disambiguation). This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Eloquence" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in French. (August 2016) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the French article. Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. 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It is primarily the power of expressing strong emotions in striking and appropriate language, thereby producing conviction or persuasion. The term is also used for writing in a fluent style. The concept of eloquence dates to the ancient Greeks, Calliope (one of the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne) being the Muse of epic poetry and eloquence. The Greek god Hermes was patron of eloquence. Cicero is considered as one of the most eloquent orators of Antiquity. Fr. Louis Bourdaloue is regarded as one of the founders of French eloquence. "The Effects of Trim's Eloquence". George Cruikshank's illustration to Laurence Sterne's The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Eloquence derives from the Latin roots: ē (a shortened form of the preposition ex), meaning "out (of)", and loqui, a deponent verb meaning "to speak". Thus, being eloquent is having the ability to project words fluidly out of the mouth and the ability to understand and command the language in such a way that one employs a graceful style coupled with the power of persuasion, or just being extremely graceful in the interpretation of communication. Petrarch (Fracesco Petrarca), in his study program of the classics and antiquity (Italian Renaissance) focused attention on language and communication. After mastering language, the goal was to reach a "level of eloquence", to be able to present gracefully, combine thought and reason in a powerful way, so as to persuade others to a point of view. Petrarch encouraged students to imitate the ancient writers, from a language perspective, combining clear and correct speech with moral thought. The Renaissance humanists focused on the correlation of speech and political principles as a powerful tool to present and persuade others to particular concepts. At the core of presentations was the use of graceful style, clear concise grammar and usage, and over time the insertion of rational and emotional arguments. In modern times, colloquial speech entered into presentation styles deemed eloquent. Eloquence is both a natural talent and improved by knowledge of language, study of a specific subject to be addressed, philosophy, rationale and ability to form a persuasive set of tenets within a presentation. "True eloquence," Oliver Goldsmith says, "Does not consist ... in saying great things in a sublime style, but in a simple style; for there is, properly speaking, no such thing as a sublime style, the sublimity lies only in the things; and when they are not so, the language may be turgid, affected, metaphorical, but not affecting."[1] Contents 1 Eloquent politicians 2 See also 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External links Eloquent politicians[edit] The Roman politician and soldier Marcus Antonius, c. 83–30 BCE, gave one of the most memorable speeches in history, dramatized by William Shakespeare in the play Julius Caesar; Shakespeare used Antonius's famous opening line "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears". Many famous political leaders, like Winston Churchill and Martin Luther King Jr., dictators such as Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, rose to prominence in large part due to their eloquence. In the Iranian Revolution, Ruhollah Khomeini came to power in part through the eloquence of his speeches, smuggled into the country on audio cassettes while he was still in exile.[2] See also[edit] De vulgari eloquentia an essay by Dante Alighieri Peak of Eloquence (Nahj al-Balagha) Public speaking for oratory and oration Rhetoric Conférence du barreau de Paris References[edit] ^ Goldsmith, Oliver (1759). Of Eloquence. ^ Stephen Zunes (April 2009). "The Iranian Revolution (1977-1979)". ICNC. Further reading[edit] Mark Forsyth (2013), The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase. External links[edit] Wikiquote has quotations related to: Eloquence Figures of Speech Abraham Lincoln's Lost Speech Modern parliamentary eloquence; the Rede lecture, delivered before the University of Cambridge, 6 November 1913 by George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston Authority control Integrated Authority File Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eloquence&oldid=1016810540" Categories: Public speaking Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Articles needing additional references from January 2009 All articles needing additional references Articles to be expanded from August 2016 All articles to be expanded Articles needing translation from French Wikipedia Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Navigation menu Personal tools Not logged in Talk Contributions Create account Log in Namespaces Article Talk Variants Views Read Edit View history More Search Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Donate Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Tools What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information Cite this page Wikidata item Print/export Download as PDF Printable version In other projects Wikiquote Languages العربية Català Deutsch Español Esperanto Français Kiswahili Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄ 日本語 Norsk bokmål Português Română سنڌي Suomi Türkçe اردو Tiếng Việt 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 9 April 2021, at 06:11 (UTC). 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