5 CT’s
Derives from Latin word “testificari,” which means “to bear witness.”
What is “Testimony”
Another word for “epideictic” rhetoric.
What is “ceremonial?”
From Greek word meaning “conversational,” this is “a discussion and reasoning by dialogue as a method of intellectual investigation…”
What is dialectic?
This fallacy is committed when someone reasons that because A happened before B, A caused B.
What is “False cause?”
The statement of the key facts, definition, and history of the speech.
What is Narratio?
One of the most common argument tools used in Comparison.
What is “analogy.”
Another word for “legislative” rhetoric.
What is “deliberative?”
The two types of debate.
What are formal and informal?
This fallacy occurs when someone bases a conclusion on too small a sample size.
What is hasty generalization?
When arguments are wrapped up, important points are reemphasized, and the audience with a strong, concluding idea.
What is Peroratio?
Examines the causal links between two factors, i.e. how one factor influences another
What is Relationship?
This type of discourse ends with a decision to take action or not.
What is deliberative discourse?
A statement that can be proven true or false.
What is a proposition?
The quality of a sentence or phase having a pleasant, good, or sweet voice or sound.
What is euphony?
The opportunity in a debate to discredit the opposition’s key arguments.
What is Refutatio?
May be stipulative or dictionary.
What is Definition?
This kind of discourse is persuasion directed at rightly judging someone or something according to law.
What is judicial discourse?
Debate is derived from the Latin word, battuere, which means this.
What is “to beat.”
This rhetorical device occurs when a word at the end of one phrase or clause is repeated at the beginning of the next phrase or clause.
What is anadiplosis?
The part of a speech where one proves one’s case.
What is Confirmatio?
The topic of Circumstance begs us to memorize timelines and history. The famous quote, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” is attributed to whom?
Who is George Santayana? Pg 122
These are the two special topics for ceremonial discourse.
What are praise and blame?
Good rhetoricians often possess a collection of jokes, sayings, quotes, and stories called this.
What is “copia?”
In English, this is known as “appeal to ignorance. This is its formal Latin name.
What is “argumentum ad ignorantiam?”
Within this section of a debate, one explains the basic breakdown of what will be argued.
What is Partitio?