<span>The oratory of African Americans has been judged by a primarily epideictic, aesthetic character since the "principal motif of African American discourse has necessarily been the subject of appearance sheer physical appearance and its fateful effects on public life". Douglass' characterization as an epideictic orator may also be in part due to his fiery style and his tendency to appropriate epideictic occasions for his oratory. This reduction of Douglass' rhetoric to an epideictic or ceremonial function is limiting and no doubt has contributed to the lack of scholarship and critical inquiry surrounding his oratory.</span>
Can we get the text you are getting this from?
It may give them a negative view of you and potential damage your future at that college/company.
If this is a true or false question, i'd go with true.
I'm not exactly sure what you're asking....
EDIT: The purpose of signal phrases are to help establish the context for a quotation.
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It does not cite any sources as well as the fact that it has no evidence.
The verb is the sentence is Visted
