Definitions (Category I)

Question 1

Winston Churchill

Answer 1

Churchill’s rhetoric was characterized by being Prime Minister of the UK during World War II

Question 2

Political crisis rhetoric

Answer 2

Rhetoric in time of political crisis. It calls for extraordinary action and resources and involves the language of decision.

Question 3

Fireside chats

Answer 3

A series of radio broadcasts made by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to the nation, beginning in 1933.

Question 4

Rhetorical presidency

Answer 4

A style of governing and leadership that relies heavily on public discourse.

Question 5

Decorum

Answer 5

The idea of having one’s words and subject matter be aptly fit to each other, to the circumstances and occasion, and the audience and the speaker. What is appropriate, fitting, right, relevant to the occasion.

Question 6

Kairos

Answer 6

The opportune moment for a speech.

Question 7

Litote

Answer 7

A figure of speech which employs an understatement by using double negatives. EX: “She is not a beauty queen.”

Question 8

Ideology

Answer 8

A term used to describe associated concepts, values and arguments that orient political actors towards distinct programs of government and social interests.

Question 9

The Iron Curtain

Answer 9

The notional barrier suggested by Churchill that separated the Soviet bloc and the West.

Question 10

Political slogan

Answer 10

A catchword distinctively associated with a political party or a political group.

Question 11

Stump speaking

Answer 11

Speeches addressed to the general public during a political campaign or in support of a cause. Originated in the 1840 presidential election with W. H. Harrison.

Question 12

Elocution

Answer 12

The art of speaking distinctly, clearly, and well in regard to the pronunciation and relations of our words.

Question 13

Chironomia

Answer 13

The art of using gesticulations or hand gestures to good effect in traditional rhetoric or oratory.

Question 14

The GOP’s sacred rhetoric

Answer 14

A form of rhetoric grounded in non-negotiable values, invocation of established boundaries and expression of moral decline if violated.

Question 15

Trope

Answer 15

The use of figurative language for artistic effect.

Question 16

Enargia

Answer 16

A generic name for a group of figures aiming at vivid, lively description.

Question 17

Literary stylistics

Answer 17

The study of the unique features of literary works. Often made up of models, copies, and distortions of the real world.

Question 18

New Rhetoric

Answer 18

A modern rhetorical theory that offers a strategy to analyze beliefs existing in the use of language.

Question 19

God-Talk (re: Quentin Schultze)

Answer 19

Expressing God’s revealed wisdom through speaking the truth and the whole truth.

Question 20

Rhetrickery

Answer 20

The whole range of dishonest communicative arts producing misunderstanding and other harmful results (making the worse seem the better cause).

Question 21

Listening-Rhetoric (re: Wayne C. Booth)

Answer 21

The whole range of communicative arts for reducing misunderstanding by paying full attention to opposing views.

Question 22

Apophasis

Answer 22

A rhetorical device wherein the speaker or writer brings up a subject by either denying it, or denying that it should be brought up.

Question 23

Servant-speaker

Answer 23

An orator who serves his audience and speaks humbly, embodying Christ-like virtues.

Question 24

Ekphrasis

Answer 24

Refers to a form of writing, mostly poetry, wherein the author describes another work of art, usually visual