COMS 369 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Pathos, Carbon Footprint, Enthymeme

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Communications Studies
• Course: COMS 369
• Professor: Marcia Epstein

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In following categories, name 3 of x, 4 terms that describe x. Voice is produced by column of exhaled air vibrating the cords of the larynx (hollow organ forming air passage to lungs) Tone is influenced by: amount of air, size and shape of ribcage, skull, sinuses. >tensed/ move = when you want to talk. Size of larynx = how deep you voice is. Read text rhetorically: know genre of topic, see recurring topic. Knowing your audience and author: if he is a researcher, a politician, etc. Reading to believe/ doubt an argument claim. To read an argument rhetorically, play the believe and doubt game. When you read to believe an argument empathic listening. *empathic listening is when you see the world in the author"s eyes, adopt author"s beliefs, and suspend your personal beliefs to hear what author is saying. * raise objections, ask questions, and raise skepticism. Thinking dialectically brings texts into conversation with each other: effective discussions 2.