COMM1010 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Antimetabolite, Eristic, Antimetabole
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Test 1 notes: rhetoric =process of communicating ideas to achieve a desired result, could be correlated with empty words, arguing a point, biased, not for the good of all, political, deceitful, sounds relatively negative. Disagree, make rational arguments, make better choices. If we don"t talk about differences : silent when people that we disagree with are speaking and in staying silent, people assume we agree, associate with people we agree with. Will never understand what life is like for anyone else: principles on which our democratic society are built on disintegrate, happening now. Huge risks to not saying what you think. Definitions of rhetoric: single definition perspective, donald bryant (1953) = 4 components, rhetoric = instrumental, like a tool, used specifically to understand communication, literary study. Looks at style, delivery, and audience: british period, focused on nature of the audience, looking in from the outside. Identification, community engagement: evolutionary perspective, james golden (1987)
