Intro to Rhetoric

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ABRIEFHISTORYOFRHETORIC
Why Arguments Matter

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RHETORIC
Greek for “Public Speaking”

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RHETORIC
Everything we do to
persuade others

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TISIASCORAX

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DEMOCRACYDEMANDS argument

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ARISTOTLEWRITESRhetoric

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LOGoS
ETHOS
PATHOS

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KAIROS

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Analyze these situations
according to the
Rhetorical Triangle Principal Dunbar
convincing Seniors
at a class assembly
to work hard for
their final
semester.

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Analyze these situations
according to the
Rhetorical Triangle A tween talking to
the school board
trying to convince
them to change
school start times
to 9:00 AM.

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Analyze these situations
according to the
Rhetorical Triangle
Taylor Swift trying
to convince her
fans to vote for
Hillary Clinton.

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Analyze these situations
according to the
Rhetorical Triangle
An insurance
salesman trying to
convince a client to
increase her life
insurance policy.

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JUDICIAL(past)
EPIDEIcTIC
(praise/insult)
Deliberative
(future)
BRANCHESOFORATORY

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Cicero
Civilization is
built on
Rhetoric

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INVENTION
ARRANGEMENT
STYLE
MEMORY
DELIVERY
CANonsofrhetoric

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“Nothing is so
unbelievable
that oratory
cannot make it
acceptable.”