SPCM 201 Study Guide - Final Guide: Syllogism, Realpolitik, Posthumanism
17 Sep 2016
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Spcm 201: rhetoric and western thought (spring 2015) 25 multiple choice questions (3 points each): 75 points. Multiple short answer questions, select and answer 2 (12 pts. each) or 3 (8 pts. each): 24 points. Putting your name on the paper: 1 point. 1 extra credit question: 10 points to be applied to your grade in the class. Why do colonists/americans embrace the study/practice of rhetoric in the. Adams"s defense(s) of rhetoric (vs. pedantic, frivolous , and/or. Pernicious : rhetoric is extremely applicable to the us and our society, objections to rhetoric. It"s pedantic: with no valuable purpose, and is not applicable, just minute details about an inapplicable art it"s frivollous: childish, appeals to festivals more than real life. These objections are inconsistent: pedantic the minutia, the countless little details that have no value. All rhetoricians rules teach nothing but to name his tools (the critique of it being pedantic/childish)
