Definition
Define Rhetoric
The art of effective verbal communication
What did Cicero say the 3 goals of rhetoric are?
teach, move, delight
What are the 3 standards of rhetoric from the Bible?
Truth, goodness, beauty
Define Copiousness
Being full of wise words and true thoughts
Who was Aristotle
Greek philosopher with writings on the topics of rhetoric, logic, physics, biology, poetics, etc.
By what standard do we speak?
To love your neighbor as yourself
define stasis theory
a method used to help determine the question or issue at hand
Who was Gorgias
most famous sophist
5 skills of rhetoric
invention
arrangement
style
manner
delivery
who were sophists
Private and public speakers who spoke highly structured and poetically
what oratorical skills did sophists use (4)
parallelism, rhythm, antithesis, rhyme