CMST 2060 Chapter : CMST Chapter 1 Notes
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The 5 cannons of rhetoric: invention, arrangement, style, memory, delivery. Since the beginning of time in classical greece rhetoric has been associated with handbooks which outline the basic techniques of public speaking. Topics of invention: definition: often a speaker persuades simply by providing a more correct and precise definition of a situation, object, person or action. Making definitions clarifies not only the speakers position but also the situation in which one is acting: division: this is a subset of definition, in effect breaking whole terms into their constituent parts. A carefully placed statistic can lend great credibility to an argument if done properly but too many statistics can ruin the flow of a speech and make it sound too technical. Writing your thesis: the thesis is the answer to the question what is the speech trying to say? , the thesis is the center around which every aspect of speech revolves.
