Speech 140- Aristotle's Systematic Rhetoric

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Rhetoric

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The "faulty" (ability or power) of observing in any given situation the most available and effective form of persuasion

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What are the 3 steps/offices of rhetoric?

Back 2

Invention
Arrangement
Style

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Invention

Back 3

Discover the topic and subject matter of your speech, your main argument, the research and supporting materials, ect.

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Arrangement

Back 4

Choose an organizational pattern or structuring device

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Style

Back 5

Select the style and mode of presentation most appropriate to your situation and purpose

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What are Aristotle's 3 means or "modes" or persuasion?

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Ethos
Pathos
Logos

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Ethos

Back 7

Speaker credibility projected through:
-Character
-Intelligence
-Goodwill

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Pathos

Back 8

Appeals to an audience's emotions through:
-Language
-Imagery
-Stories

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Logos

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Appeals to an audience's sense of reason through:
-Arguments
-Syllogisms
-Statistics and data

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What are the 3 types or "divisions" of rhetoric?

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Forensic
Deliberative
Epideictic

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Forensic

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Any attempt to persuade an audience that something did or did not happen in the past the way it was said to have happened

The legal arena

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Deliberative

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Any attempt to persuade an audience to adopt or reject a particular course of action in the future

The political sphere

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Epideictic

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Any attempt to persuade an audience to assign praise or censure to something praiseworthy or blameworthy (respectively) in the present

Ceremonial speeches