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Eloquence (from French eloquence from Latin eloquentia) is the quality of speech or writing that is marked by fluency, elegancy, and persuasiveness.[1][2][3] It is also defined as one of the aims of formal oratory and, in this context, refers to the artistic expression of the speech as opposed to its argumentation.[4]
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.
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"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."[5]
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- ^ (2010). eloquence. In Stevenson, A. (Ed.), Oxford Dictionary of English. : Oxford University Press. Retrieved 3 Mar. 2025.
- ^ Fantham, E. (2001). Eloquence. In Encyclopedia of Rhetoric. : Oxford University Press. Retrieved 3 Mar. 2025.
- ^ Goldsmith, Oliver (1759). Of Eloquence.
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