Aristotle

Question 1

laconic speech

Answer 1

short and direct speech. Came from the Spartans

Question 2

Athens communication

Answer 2

more persuasive since they were merchant, traders, and sailors

Question 3

Socrates believes

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you ask questions to come to know

Question 4

Socratic method

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a series of questions where you come to know that sparks critical thinking

Question 5

Plato understands reality as

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external

Question 6

Aristotle understands reality as

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socially constructed

Question 7

Aristotle’s mentor

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Plato

Question 8

Sophists believe

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the ends justify the means

Question 9

What book is Aristotle famous for writing

Answer 9

The Rhetoric

Question 10

Alexander the Great’s mentor

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Aristotle

Question 11

Rhetoric

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the study of communication

Question 12

Ethos

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the audiences perception of the credibility of the speaker

Question 13

Ethos’s 3 traits for credibility of speaker

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Trustworthiness, Competence, and Dynamism (likability)

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Logos

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audiences perception of the reasoning and evidence of the speaker

Question 15

syllogism

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completely stated argument

Major premise-minor premise-conclusion

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enthymeme

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an argument completed by the audience

Question 17

Logos’s 3 ways to determine reasoning

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Sign, Analogy, and Generalization,

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Logos’s 3 ways to determine evidence

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Causal, opinion of others, statistics, factual data

Question 19

Pathos

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audiences perception of the persuasive ability of the speaker

Question 20

Pathos’s 5 ways to achieve persuasive speaking

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Sound, nonverbals, language strategies, and appeals, delivery

Question 21

Examples of language strategies

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metaphors and smilies
repetition
alliteration
parallel structure

Question 22

asyndeton

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omission of conjunction (but, if, and)

Question 23

Kenneth Burke described the world as

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a drama

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Burke believes

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humans symbolize

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power of the negative

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bc you have the vocabulary you can say no

Question 26

According to Burke choice is

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tragic

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Pentad

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who/ agent 
what/ act 
where/ scene 
how/ agency 
why/ purpose

Question 28

Burke’s Iron Law of History

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humans do the same thing over and over so we can predict the outcome

Question 29

2 ways to redemption according to the Burke’s Iron Law of History

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scapegoating (blame others)

mortification (blame ourselves)

Question 30

Burke’s terministic screens

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a screen composed of terms through which humans perceive the world

language that collects dirt
ex: devil terms (fighting terms)- pregnant with meaning

Question 31

Burke believes humans are

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we are not rational but we are rationalIZING animals

meaning we come to a conclusion then we go back to justify

Question 32

Types of opinions from others

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expert opinion
public opinion
lay opinion (non-expert)

Question 33

What do speakers appeal to?

Answer 33

emotions 
tradition 
popular approval
ignorance (you cannot prove what I'm saying is false so its true) 
values