ENG 720 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Serena Williams, Epideictic, Enthymeme
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This is a book based on his notes. Aristotle is much more rm, systematic about what rhetoric is. Born in stagira, a northern greek city in 284 bce. Studied in athens with plato in 367 and remained as member of the academy for twenty years. Aristotle didn"t like forcing people to memorize stuff. Deliberative: used to ask an audience to judge and action in the future. Shown in parks & rec in the city hall. Judicial: used to ask an audience to judge an action the past. Contesting a ticket, helping judge a murder case, etc . Epideictic: used if the audience is not asked to make a judgement about past and future. Modern epideictic includes a range of possibilities such as advertising, literature, art, movies. Simpsons is a satirical take on the american family; it displays and challenges values. 1. 1 rhetoric is an antistrophos (closely related) to dialectic.
