Rhetorical Appeals
Please save the starving Children
Pathos
Why did Plato hate the Sophists
You shouldn't be able to argue both sides of an issue if there's such a thing as Truth
Coming up with a topic and how to make your arguments
Invention
What are the three parts of a rhetorical situation?
Audience, Exigence, Constraints
What is the significance of the names Corax and Tisias
From a bad crow, a bad egg
It's raining outside, so you should take an umbrella
Logos
According to Plato, what is the only way to free your mind?
Study philosophy
Learning to say things word for word
Memory
In Bitzer's understanding of audience, and I the audience for someone making an argument that John Wick should assassinate the King of England? Why or why not?
No, because I cannot make a change in the situation
Where did rhetoric mainly happen in Ancient Greece? (2 places)
The courts and the assembly
I brought you into this world and I can take you out
Ethos or pathos
What is the allegory of the cave
Explain it
How you organize your argument
Arrangement
What is an exigence? Use Bitzer's words
This is the name for a paid teacher of rhetoric. Someone who often traveled to teach.
Sophist
Welcome to your colonoscopy. Don't worry, I've done thousands of these and I got my MD from John's Hopkins
Ethos (and maybe logos)
Is this a Jeopardy game? (Think Theory of Forms) Why or why not?
No. It has Jeopardyness, but it obviously isn't Jeopardy. The answers aren't even in the form (pun intended!) of questions.
Putting it all together and giving a great speech
Delivery
What would be a constraint to the following argument:
Elder should grow his hair out like Jason Momoa
Elder is friggin balding
Elder's hair is a different color
Elder's hair isn't naturally curly
There's no part of Elder that could ever be as luscious as Jason Momoa, so why even try?
Plato's teacher was named
Socrates
Who was the rhetorician who theorized ethos, pathos, and logos?
Aristotle
What is the title that Plato gives to his hypothetical ruling class?
Philosopher Kings
According to Cicero, Style had three types, what are they and what are they used for
High: To move
Middle: please
Low: educate
Who is the best audience for the following argument:
I think all student loans should be forgiven.
Joe Biden
Why was Socrates put to death by the state?
Corrupting the youth