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Rhetoric
Ethos
Pathos and Logos
Logos
Misc.
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Name the Three Transcendentals
Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. 
100

Define ethos.

Ethos is the rhetorical appeal that establishes your credibility. (Why should they listen to you?)

100

Define pathos.

Rhetorical appeal to emotion. (What do you want the audience to feel?)

100
Define logos.

the rhetorical appeal to logic and reasoning. the actual substance of your argument.

100

Define endoxa.

A common opinion. Something that the speaker can assume everyone already knows or thinks.
200

Which rhetorical appeal did Aristotle believe was the most crucial element of persuasion?

Ethos.

200

Name the three elements of ethos.

Phronesis, arete, and eunoia.

200

What is the relationship between your mind and your emotions?

How you think about something affects how you feel about it AND vice versa.

200

Define apodeixis.

Absolute logical certainty.

200

Give an example of a maxim.

Various answers

300

Which rhetorical appeal can you not use if you are anonymous?

Ethos. No credibility if we don't know who you are!

300

Define arete.

Moral virtue, as in good character. Demonstrates you are trustworthy.

300

Define enthymeme.

An abbreviated syllogism (missing at least one premise or the conclusion)

300

Define Maxims.

A wise saying, general statement about practical conduct.

300

Give an example of an analogy.

Various correct answers

400

What is sophistry?

Verbal trickery. Bad rhetoric!

400

Define eunoia.

Goodwill. Demonstrates that you care in particular about the audience you are addressing.

400

Name the three types of syllogisms.

Categorical, if-then, and disjunctive syllogisms.

400

Define analogy.

a comparison that explains one concept in terms of another. Explaining the unfamiliar in terms of the familiar.

400

Give an example of an enthymeme.

Various answers.

500

Define rhetoric.

  • “Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men” – Plato
  • “An ability, in each particular case, to see the available means of persuasion.” - Aristotle
  • “The study and uses of written, spoken, and visual language. It investigates how language is used to organize and maintain social groups, construct meanings and identities, coordinate behavior, mediate power, produce change, and create knowledge.”
500

Define phronesis. 

Practical wisdom. Demonstrates actual experience or knowledge on the topic at hand.

500

Define Inductive reasoning

"Bottom-up reasoning". Going from specific instances/observations towards a general conclusion.

500

Define deductive reasoning.

"top-down reasoning". Taking an overarching pattern/conclusion and applying it to specifics. (syllogisms!)

500

Give an example of a syllogism.

Various answers.