Introduction
Mention one reason/benefit why humans need to be able to 'classify'
•It facilitates easier and faster identification
•It allows easier grouping for analysis
•It aids communicating relationships effectively
•It involves cognitive processes
What are the 3 modes of persuasion? Explain each briefly.
ethos, logos, pathos
"the conceptual realms (...) the rhetorical instruments by and through which individuals participate within and enact situations” - is a definition for ....
genres
How does Aristotle define 'rhetoric'?
• (a) art of identifying what is convincing and
what appears convincing
(b) “the faculty of finding all the available means of
persuasion in a particular case”
“primary means of organizing experience (…) by treating discriminably different instaces as alike”
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categorization
What is 'inventio'?
the first task done when preparing a speech (finding the right arguments)
What is a 'rhetorical exigence'?
an issue, problem, or situation that causes or prompts someone to write or speak.
Why can we say that in 'dispositio' lies the foundation of studies on rhetorical organization (key in genre studies)?
organization of the text (stages)