Q&As (Classical Period (500 B.C. - 400 C.E.)

Question 1

Classical Period (500 B.C.–400 C.E. (common era)
With the rise of Greek democracy, public communication became an important tool for ?

Answer 1

Problem Solving

Question 2

Rhetoric, the study of “the available means of persuasion,” was a respected discipline taught by ?

Answer 2

The Great Philosophers

Question 3

The first known communication model, the canons of rhetoric, divided rhetoric into five parts?

Answer 3

1. Invention
2. Arrangement
3. Style
4. Memory, and
5. Delivery.

Question 4

Classical rhetoric emphasized credibility, ways to ground arguments, and audience analysis. Major figures included ?

Answer 4

Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, Cicero, and Quintilian.