Rhetorical Appeals
The 5 Canons of Rhetoric
Rhetorical Fallacies
Elements of Communication
Effective Communication
100

The use of speech, imagery, and/or rhetoric

What is Rhetoric?

100

This Canon involves the organization in which a speaker's information should be set to be as persuasive and logical as possible

What is Arrangement?

100

A fallacy which incorrectly shows that correlation equals causation

What is False Cause?

100

The process by which internal thoughts of the speaker are translated into something understandable

What is Encoding?

100

The fundamental aspect of human interaction which relies on verbal and nonverbal cues

What is Oral Communication?

200
Using logic and reason to persuade an audience
What is Logos?
200

This Canon involves a series of self questioning in order to develop a topic

What is Invention?

200

A fallacy that was utilized when former President Trump called President Biden "sleepy Joe"

What is the Straw Man Fallacy?

200

The element affected when autocorrect alters a text message

What is Message?

200

An aspect of Effective Communication in which tone of voice helps convey a message

What is Non-Verbal Communication?

300

Use of passion/emotions to persuade an audience

What is Pathos?

300

The 4 pillars of this Canon are body language, tone, voice, and diction

What is Delivery?

300

The Fallacy utilized when one says, "America: love it or leave it"

What is False Dilemma/Cause
300

The element by which a message is received via the five senses

What is Channel?

300

The type of Movement in which your feet are NOT planted to one particular position

What is non-static movement?

400

The use of ethics/morality of the speaker so that doctors can give medical advice, but construction workers cannot.

What is Ethos?
400

The Canon which delineates the number of people an audience may consist of before needing to memorize a script for better performance

What is Memory?

400

A fallacy utilized when one says, “Communism will never succeed, because a system in which everything is owned in common can never work.” 

What is Begging the Question?

400

The element utilized when an audience claps in approval of a speaker's message

What is Feedback?

400

A facet of movement which involves only the upper 1/2 of one's body

What are Gestures?

500

Utilizing the attitudes/purpose of an audience within the spur of the moment

What is Telos?

500

Within the Invention stage, one considers this question in order to determine what channel best fits their audience

What is Jurisdiction?

500

A fallacy utilized when students claim, "Ms. Mundt wants to ban everything that's fun!" when enforcing dress-code 

What is the Straw Man Fallacy?

500

The element by which Airpods interfere with the communication cycle 

What is Noise?

500

A term which describes the overall flow and structure of the message

What is Coherence? 

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