Defining Rhetoric
Classical rhetoric is
a combination of persuasion and argument, broken into three branches and five canons
What are the five canons of rhetoric?
invention, arrangement, style, delivery, memory
Aristotle is known as
"The father of Western Philosophy"
What branch of oratory is most commonly recognized as being used in present-day?
Judicial oratory-most commonly used in the law system
Logos is...
An appeal to logic and reasoning.
It is persuading an audience with reason, using facts and figures
How does Aristotle define rhetoric?
the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion
Arrangement deal with
organizing the arguments for extreme effect; the structure of the text
Who was Aristotle a student of?
Plato
In classical rhetoric, oratory was divided into three branches, what are they?
Judicial oratory (or forensic), Deliberative oratory (or "legislative") and Epideictic oratory ("ceremonial" or "demonstrative"
Ethos is...
An appeal to ethics, using author credibility and authority. It establishes trust and appeals to your moral code
In comparison to Aristotle's understanding of rhetoric, what was Quintilian's?
"Rhetoric is the art of speaking well" or "...good man speaking well."
Why is it noted that rhetoric is concerned with judgement?
Aristotle says rhetoric is concerned with judgment because the audience judges the rhetor's ethos.
Aristotle's rhetoric focus on the rhetorical triangle, which is what?
the modes of persuasion; ethos, pathos, logos.
Epideictic oratory deals with..
is ceremonial discourse: speech or writing that praises or blames (someone or something).
Pathos is..
An appeal to emotion. It's a way of convincing an audience of an argument by creating an emotional response
In Aristotle's opinion, what is the relationship between dialectic and rhetoric
rhetoric is the counterpart (literally, the antistrophe of dialectic
Aristotle's five canons of rhetoric were developed as a means of presentation
False. The five canons of rhetoric were initially presented in Cicero's 'De Inventione'
Aristotle wrote De Inventione
False
The enthymeme is..
the body of proof, as referred to by Aristotle
Aristotle's ethics suggest what?
that the orator has to arouse the emotions in order (i) to motivate the audience or (ii) to make them better persons
How does Cicero's definition of Rhetoric compare to Aristotle's?
Cicero defined rhetoric as "speech designed to persuade, he saw rhetoric as the rules of the game, while Aristotle understood rhetoric to be the available means of persuasion; the tools being used to persuade.
What are the three levels of style as defined by Quintilian?
Plain style for instructing an audience.
Middle style for moving an audience.
Grand style for pleasing an audience
How many manuscripts, dialogue, books, (etc) written works did Aristotle publish?
Trick question, none. He wrote 200 works, but none of them were published by Aristotle.
What is the overall goal of deliberative oratory?
The overall goal of deliberative oratory was to establish policies and pursue actions that contributed to the well-being of the citizenry
How is persuasion accomplished by the character?
whenever the speech is held in a way to render the speaker worthy of credence.
(If the speaker appears to be credible, the audience will form the second-order judgment that propositions put forward by the credible speaker are true or acceptable.)