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Afrocentricity defined
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refers to placing African culture and experiences at the center of one's critical and theoretical perspective
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Asante’s definition of rhetoric
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the productive thrust of language into the unknown in an attempt to create harmony and balance in the midst of disharmony and inbalance
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frame of mind (rhythm, styling)
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Rhythm - refers to how well the speaker can regulate the flow of words by using pauses. Styling - the conscious or unconscious manipulation of language or mannerisms to influence favorably the hearers of the message
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linguistic code (lyrical quality, vocal artifact, indirection
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how ideas have been structured in the past dictates, to a large extent, how they will be structured in the future" Lyrical quality - narrative structure of african rhetoric as well as musical attitude the speaker takes in delivering the rhetoric. Indirection - By 'stalking' the issues, the speakers demonstrates skill and arouses hearer's interest. The person who goes directly for the issue is said to have little imagination and even less flair for rhetorical style
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Delivery
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Afrocentric rhetoric is viewed as a performance in which the audience is invited to participate by offering its approval of the speaker's message. "Our speakers generally prefer the extemporaneous mode of delivery, characterized by lively speaking and the coining of exact language at the moment of utterance."
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Caller
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Primary Creator that initiates the rhetoric
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The Chorus
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combines its voice with that of the caller to "bear witness to the truth of the world" The chorus is a small group of audience members that contribute to the caller's message
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spiritual entities
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caller creates a spiritual environment for the rhetoric
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Nommo
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Created power of the word
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The responders
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Another word for the audience
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Spiritual Harmony
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new sense of harmony, balance, and new shaping of community
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Yan
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Estitics and politics are related
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Ci
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Elequence and style
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Jian
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political speech for power and self defense
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Shui Shou
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practical reasoning and ethical appeals
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Ming
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correct naming of objects and people to create order
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Bian
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rational argument
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Persuasion
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linked to morality and heiacrchy
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Emphasis on Morality
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believed that only moral rhetoric had the power to persuade others
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Emphasis on Epistimology
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rhetoric is used as a way of knowing
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Dialectics
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oppisite terms that are seen as related to each other
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Rationality
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bounded up in rhetorical device alike metaphor and analogy
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Red Power Movement
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restore native american religious beliefs and ancient ways of life
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Rhetorical Constraints
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if native americans used white methods of persuasion, they might effectively argue their point to white audiences, but they would fail to realize their goal of restoring native american culture
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Power through Rhetoric
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rhetoric is not used to address individuals, but to address the power itself that is within nature
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