Exam 2 NotesRhetoric and ArgumentsTypes of Rhetoric:1. Forensica. Deals with the pastb. Attempts to persuade an audience that something did or did not happen c. Ex: Did Hillary actually delete her emails?2. Deliberativea. Deals with the futureb. Attempts to persuade an audience to do somethingc. Ex: Vote for a specific president3. Epideictica. Deals with the presentb. Attempts to persuade an audience that something in the present is good or badc. Ex: More to do with personal opinions, “Donald trump being president is bad”, health care initiative being productive or notTypes of Arguments: Argument by…1. Examplea. “I have a cat and its cute, so all cats must be cute”, “Vapes explode, therefore vapes are bad”b. Simple comparison2. Analogya. “The presidential campaign is a cluster fuck”, “Life is like a box of chocolates”b. Analogy linking people’s understanding of “cluster fuck” with their understanding of the election. Relying on cultural understandings of something to compare with something new. Frame new information and terms that the audience is not familiar with well-known info make it easy to understand. 3. Definitiona. “Donald Trump sexually assaulted women because what he said was the exact definition of sexual assault.” Or “This doesn’t constituent police brutality by definition.”4. Relationshipa. “People who prepare more for speeches make better grades.” Relationship between studying and good grades b. “UNT sucks, therefor my professor who teaches at UNT sucks.”Artistic Proofs:- Ethoso Establishes credibilityo Ex: Introducing oneself with credentials and achievementso Establish immediacy, knowledge, and experience within the situation- Pathoso Capitalizes on an audience’s feelingso Ex: Sad animals in adoption/shelter commercials, sad music- Logoso Appeals to logic and objective reasoning o Ex: Buy my project because it’s the same as that product but it costs lessThe Toulmin Model:Evidence (Warrant) Claim RebutalBacking
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