Rhetorical Public Speaking

by Crick; Nathan

• ISBN13: 9780205869367
• ISBN10: 020586936X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-04-02
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Offers students an advanced approach to public speaking through a comprehensive discussion of rhetorical theory

 

This text begins by addressing Aristotle’s “Five Canons of the Art”–a means of covering the basics through the lens of rhetorical theory– and progresses into a sophisticated outline of understanding, constructing and delivering artful rhetoric. The book incorporates scholarship on mediated communication, pragmatic speaking genres, the rhetorical situation, and aesthetic form.  Rhetorical Public Speaking aims to encourage students to be engaged citizens of society.

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Learning Goals

Upon completing this book, readers will be able to:

• Understand Aristotle’s Five Canons of Rhetoric
• Construct and execute speeches
• Explore how they can use rhetorical speech in their daily lives

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Table of Contents

1) Brief Table of Contents

2) Full Table of Contents

 

1) Brief Table of Contents

 

Chapter 1: The Canons of Rhetoric 
Chapter 2: The Genres of Public Speaking
Chapter 3: The Rhetorical Situation 
Chapter 4: Ethos   

Chapter 5: Logos 
Chapter 6: Pathos 
Chapter 7: Eloquence 

 

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 2) Full Table of Contents 

 

Chapter 1: The Canons of Rhetoric 
The First Canon: Invention
The Second Canon: Arrangement
The Third Canon: Style
The Fourth Canon: Memory
The Fifth Canon: Delivery 

Chapter 2: The Genres of Public Speaking
Speeches of Introduction 
Speeches of Identification 
Speeches of Deliberation 
Speeches of Solicitation
Speeches of Commemoration 
Speeches of Enrichment 
Speeches of Administration 
Speeches of Advocacy 

 

Chapter 3: The Rhetorical Situation 
Exigence 
Practical Judgment 
Audience 
Constraints 
Speaker 
Occasion 

 

Chapter 4: Ethos 
Persona 
Evoked Audience 
Identification 
Distinction 
Polarization 

 

Chapter 5: Logos 
Logical Reasoning 

 

Chapter 6: Pathos 
Utopia 
Wasteland 
Virtue 
Vice 
Saint 
Sinner 
Idol 
Abomination 

 

Chapter 7: Eloquence 
Organizational Symbol 
Poetic Categories