oratory skills
Public speaking talent
Oratory skills are the abilities needed for effective public speaking—clear articulation, confident delivery, persuasive structure, and the capacity to hold an audience's attention.
The phrase is slightly redundant, since oratory already implies skillful speaking, but it emphasizes the learnable, practical aspects: She honed her oratory skills in debate club.
- articulationClear vocal expression
- voiceSound from throat
- vocal projectionAmplifying speech without shouting
- persuasionConvincing through reasoning
- signpostingPlacing directional markers
intonation · cadence · clarity · rhetoric · ethos · rapport · pacing · logos · transitions · mellifluous · coherence · posture · Cicero · bully pulpit · eye contact · hand gestures · tone · pathos
oratory skillspenmanship
Skill of forming letters
prose writing · written communication · authorship · technical writing · copywriting
oratory skillsinarticulateness
Inability to speak clearly
speechlessness · tongue-tiedness · stage fright · mumbling · stammering