COMMRC 1123 Quiz: Rhetorical Criticism 1
11 Apr 2016
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Rhetorical criticism is a practice of judgement. Rhetorical criticism precedes by way of argument. Any case study will have some elements of the traditional method. A discourse involves 3 factors: the speaker (source), the matter about which he speaks (intended message), and the persons to whom he is speaking (intended audience) . Analyze the persuasive strategies according to the invention (ethos, pathos, logos) disposition/organization, and style of the message. Excerpts from rhetorical criticism: a study in method. Traditional criticism ignores the way rhetoric can influence the effect rhetoric can have for future audiences, can limit the future choices that rhetors or sources themselves can make. (i. e- barack. Obama being limited in his sotu based on things he has said in the past) Analogs (two or more comparable and contrastable artifacts) Visual rhetoric- names those symbolic actions enacted primarily through visual means, made meaningful through culturally derived ways of looking and seeing and endeavoring to influence diverse publics .
