The Three Appeals
Aristotle asserted that this specific mode of persuasion, which resides in the credibility and character of the speaker, may "almost be called the most effective means of persuasion he possesses".
What is Ethos?
This type of oratory takes place in "judicial settings (lawsuits)" where the orator must make their character "look right" in the eyes of those deciding the verdict.
What is Judicial (or Forensic) Rhetoric?
This final part of the speech is where the speaker should "amplify or magnify the importance of their own points" and arouse pathos.
What is the Peroratio?
This figure of speech is defined as the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in successive or closely connected words, as in "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
What is Alliteration?
Brutus begins his Funeral Oration with a hostile audience who held an unfavorable opinion of him, before he began to speak. This is a reflection of what dimension of Ethos?
What is Situated Ethos.
While the strict syllogism is the instrument of dialectic, this "rhetorical syllogism" is the deductive core of persuasion, often distinguishing itself by using probable premises or suppressing a premise to be supplied by the audience.
What is an Enthymeme?
The aim of this branch of oratory, which deals with "political" matters, is to "recommend the best course of action" regarding future policy.
What is Deliberative (or Political) Rhetoric?
This part of Arrangement will employ Ethos to dispose the audience to what the speaker is about to say.
What is Exordium?
Consider the following excerpt from Winston Churchill:
"We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets..."
This passage demonstrates which figure of speech, defined as the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses?
What is Anaphora?
By concluding with "bear with me, my heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, and I must pause 'til it come back to me", Antony is relying on this appeal.
What is Pathos?
Consider the following excerpt from a speech:
"Imagine the enemy marching through our gates, the smoke of our burning homes choking the air, and the cries of our children echoing in the streets. Do not let this nightmare become our reality!"
This passage utilizes vividness and fear to influence the audience's judgment through which mode of persuasion?
What is Pathos?
This Canon of Rhetoric pertains to the artful, witty, pleasing, or ornate use of figures of rhetoric in a speech.
What is Style?
This Part of Arrangement will employ enthymematic reasoning to positively advance the speech's arguments.
What is Confirmatio?
The attribution of literal human traits and characteristics to non-human objects.
What is Anthropomorphism?
Brutus belonged to this Roman Philosophical school.
What is Stoicism?
Consider the following excerpt from a speech:
"I offer this counsel not for my own profit, for I have nothing to gain. I speak only because I have always placed the welfare of this assembly above my own ambition."
By demonstrating goodwill and a sincere interest in the audience's welfare, the speaker is establishing which mode of persuasion?
What is Ethos?
The proper MEANS of Ceremonial Rhetoric.
What is Praise/Blame?
In composing this part of Arrangement, an orator necessarily makes judgments about what context to provide or leave out, which thereby already begins the work of persuasion.
What is Narratio?
"Much of what I say might make you sad. Much of what I say might make everyone sad."
What is Symploce?
This description explains how the Exordium of Brutus' Funeral Oration mirrors the nature of the Roman Republic.
Consider the following excerpt from a speech:
"She is giving milk; therefore, she must have lately borne a child."
This argument relies on evidence to provide a complete proof, which is a component of which mode of persuasion?
What is Logos?
This is the list of random things you once put in your Memory Palace, in exact order.
Sad tomato
Earthquake
Jumping jacks
Leopard
Nineteen
Plate of beans
Yellowing unicycle
Astronaut
Justice
Many sandwiches
An orator must be especially vigilant against this fallacy when composing a Refutatio.
What is "Ad Hominem", or "Straw Man", or "Black/White"?
"Words, words, words." -- Hamlet
What is Epizeuxis?
ALSO: Come to the Rhetoric Watch Party this Friday to SEE HAMLET PERFORM THIS EPIZEUXIS!
From memory, this is the pattern of subjects/objects of the 7 "loves" Brutus employs in his speech.
What is: 1) People > Rome(?), 2) Brutus > Caesar, 3) Brutus > Caesar, 4) Brutus > Rome, 5) Caesar > Brutus, 6) Caesar > Brutus, 7) People > Rome.