COMM 1130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Rhetorical Situation, Rhetorical Criticism, Rhetoric

• School: University of Iowa
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COMM 1130
• Professor: David Supp- Mon

Document Summary

Below are what we believe to be the central topics of the course. Exam draws from all readings, lectures, and content from the semester, with a focus on post-midterm. While this list is not exhaustive, we hope it helps to focus your attention. In addition to these terms, you should be able to examples from the readings and provide your own. Why democracy needs rhetoric: rhetoric changes the world and how the world plays our, effects things in the world and people"s ideas about things. Definitions of rhetoric: used to describe what some considered embellished or over-ornamental language (how its displayed, the strategic use of oral and written communications to achieve specifiable goals. Informative and persuasive elements: not just a tool for persuasion, other definitions: are expansive and encompass any action humans perform with the use of symbols. Emphasizes persuasion but symbols do a lot.