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Focuses on a study on the role of audience's impressions in determining the effective naturalness of spoken and written sentences. Use of audience's rating for measurement of naturalness of sentence presentations; Differences in the vocabularies of sentences; Importance of materials in naturalness of sentences.

Analyzes the books 'Elements of Rhetoric' by Richard Whately and 'An Actor Prepares' by Constantin Stanislavski. Philosophic core of both Whately's system of delivery and Stanislavski's system of acting; Overview on Stanislavski's career as director at the Moscow Art Theatre; Example of criticism against the naturalistic approach to acting.

Examines the concept of naturalness in linguistics. Acceptance of naturalness in speech as a virtue; Implications of the assumption that the speaker in public address, oral reading or in acting speak well.