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the faculty of finding the available means of persuasion in any given situation.
rhetoric
speech that attacks or defends someone
forensice
politcal, attempts to influence those who decide policy. speeech that urges us to do or not to do something concerned with the future
deliberative
ceremonial praising or blaming
epideictic
canon-process of deciding on the subject matter of ones speech and discovering info and arguments that would lead to sound conclusions
invention
canon-organization of speech parts; ways to order ideas effectively.
arrangement
canon-process of selecting the proper words to convey the message.
style
ability to hold content, style, and arrangement in ones mind.
memory
importance of nonverbal communication.
delivery
ethical proof-comes from speakers intelligence, character and goodwill toward audience, as thes personal characteristics are revealed through the message
ethos
emotional proof-feelings the speech draws out of those who hear it.
pathos
logical proof-which comes from the line of argument in a speech.
logos
set of propositions that are related to one another and draw conclusion from the major and minor premises. (beardi)
syllogism
incomplete version of a formal deductive syllogism-b/c the premise is left unstated, the audience helps construct the proof by which it is persuaded. (no evidence, innocent)
enthymeme
conceptualizes life as a drama with acts performed by various players.` Persuasion occurs through identification.
dramatism
people cannot see beyond what their words lead them to believe.
words act as terministic screens
a word to which other positive words are subservient (obedient); understood by other words that cluster around it.
God term
what the speaker regards as bad wrong or evil.
Devil term
common ground that exists between speaker and audience.
identification
way in which we attempt to purge the guilt we experience as part of the human condition
victimage.
blame ourselves
mortification
placing blame on someone or something
scapegoating
pentad-what is done by a person, what took place. prayer of humility, prophecy of future
act
pentad-provides the context surrounding the act what is the situation in which it occured, the background of the act. consecration of holy site, endless journey
scene
pentad-the person or person's performing the act, what kind of person. president as priestly intercessory, voice calling out in the wilderness
agent
pentad-means used by the agent to accomplish the act (message, strategies, storytelling) means or instruments used. prophetic language.
agency
pentad-the goal the agent had in mind for the act; why the act is done. heal nations wounds, change the world
purpose
focuses on rhetoric as a story-does it hang together and does it ring true? "people are storytelling animals"
narrative theory
a way to evaluate the worth of stories based on the twin standards of narrative coherence and narrative fidelity.
narrative rationality(wisdom)
internal consistency with characters acting in a reliable fashion; the story hand together.
narrative coherence
degree to which elements of the story flow smoothly; internal consistency
structural coherence
believability of characters in the story
characterological coherence
degree of congruence between this story and other stories; external consistency.
material coherence
quality of the story that rings true with the hearers' experiences-soundness of its reasoning and value of its values.
narrative fidelity
we have a sense of identity from our membership in social groups (ethnicity, race, age, gender) and those social identities become an important aspect of our sense of self
communication accommodation theory
adjusting toward others style seeking affiliation expressing social approval
convergence
moving away from others style seeking distinctiveness expressing social disapproval
divergence
culture shapes our norms for spech and our expectations or understanding of what we can do with speech in important ways.
speech codes theory
culture influences our self of construal which influences our concern for face which influences our conflict style
face negotation theory