Chapter 3 Review

Question 1

Second Sophistic

Answer 1

The period of time following the fall of the Roman Republic in which traveling teachers of rhetoric focused attention on style and delivery.

Question 2

Rhetorical practice during the European Middle Ages primarily focused on

Answer 2

Preaching and letter writing

Question 3

Early Christian rhetoric and St. Augustine’s rhetorical theory:

Answer 3

While truth was discovered in the Scriptures, it had to be communicated to congregants effectively

MAKE THE TRUTH EFFECTIVE FOR THE AUDIENCE.

Question 4

Augustine’s On Christian Doctrine

Answer 4

Draws from many classical teachings and applies them to the context of communicating religious truth

Question 5

Ramus (16th Century)

Answer 5

Taught that rhetoric only included style and delivery—that the other canons should belong to the discipline/study of philosophy

Question 6

Belletristic Movement (18th Century)

Answer 6

A school of thought that studied a wide variety of rhetorical texts and that focused on matters of style and taste.

Question 7

Elocutionary Movement

Answer 7

A school of thought that focused exclusively on the delivery of spoken words.

Question 8

Taste

Answer 8

receiving pleasure from art

Question 9

Sublime

Answer 9

The use of language to momentarily lift audiences outside of themselves