Rhetorical Theory
Something that stands for or represents something else, also known as the medium of rhetoric
What is a symbol?
Gaining information, legitimizing the political system, and meeting campaign expectations
What are the three communicative functions of a general election?
The phenomenon in which the presidency, starting in the early twentieth century, transformed into an office in which the use of popular rhetoric was no longer proscribed, but was prescribed as a tool for governance
Considered to be the first official presidential speechwriter
Who is Judson P. Welliver?
The country that won the most medals at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, China
What is Norway?
A qualitative research method used to understand the processes of persuasive communication
What is rhetorical criticism?
A well-prepared message used time and time again by a candidate during a political campaign
What is a stock speech?
The role in which the president is called to act as a partisan political leader, much like the British prime minister
The first president to successfully appeal over the heads of Congress
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
Former prime minister of Great Britain to whom Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy alluded during his recent virtual address to the U.K. Parliament
Who is Winston Churchill?
One of Aristotle's three speaking situations, in which a rhetor seeks to praise or to blame a person or an entity
What is a ceremonial / epideictic speech?
A recurring form of address used by political candidates to indicate why they are running, discourage the competition, and initiate the themes of their campaigns
What is an announcement speech?
Unify the party, strategically position the candidate for the fall election campaign, set forth a vision or agenda, inspire confidence that victory will be won, among other things
What are the functions / purposes of an acceptance address?
The infamous 2010 Supreme Court case that made it possible for political candidates to raise unlimited funds and garner support from special interest groups
What is Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission?
Famed NCAA basketball coach who will be retiring after serving as a head coach for 42 years
Who is Mike Krzyzewski?
What is the rhetorical situation?
The address in which a candidate publicly assumes the role of a candidate / leader of a party
What is an acceptance address?
The process by which a speechwriter discovers content for a speech
What is rhetorical invention?
The first president to deliver a State of the Union Address directly to Congress in person
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
A global holiday celebrated annually on March 8th to commemorate the cultural, political, and socioeconomic achievements of women
What is International Women's Day? #BreakTheBias
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Regarding the myth of the rhetorical situation, Vatz writes: "Rhetors choose or do not choose to make _____________ situations, facts, events, etc. This may be the sine qua non of rhetoric: the art of linguistically or symbolically creating ___________."
What is salient / salience?
What is differentiation?
The three key considerations in crafting a presidential inaugural address in the modern era
The president who ought to get full credit for expanding and establishing the president's role as comforter-in-chief
Who is Bill Clinton?
The twentieth-century president whose presidential library and museum Mr. Paul recently visited with his wife and parents