PPT-Introduction to Rhetoric and Rhetorical Devices

By Professor Robert S DeFrance Eastern Rhetoric In ancient China about 500 BCE rhetoric was defined as the art of persuasion the artistic use of oral and written expressions for the purpose of changing thought and action at social political and individual levels Lu X. Classroom. By. . Rebecca Torres Valdovinos. My Story. “Psychologists investigating perception are increasingly insistent that what is perceived depends upon the observer’s perceptual frame of reference”. . A theory of Judgment. Michael . Vicaro. The Rhetorical Situation. The Rhetorical Situation. The Rhetorical Situation. A speaker. The Rhetorical Situation. A speaker. Faced with a crisis (exigency. ). English III. Rhetorical Devices. Tools a writer/speaker uses to communicate clearly to his/her audience.. Used for persuasion or argumentation. Rhetorical Questions. Definition: A question that needs no answer.. Why Should Students Care?. Lecture 1: CAT 125. Elizabeth . Losh. http://losh.ucsd.edu. . Who Will You Be in Two Years?. A graduate student? . A corporate intern?. A school teacher?. A medical school student?. Rhetorical Devices and Structure. Speech. Communicating an idea to an audience. Speech. SPEAKER. Informative . Types of Speeches. Informative. Demonstrative. . Types of Speeches. Informative. Demonstrative. Rhetoric is the . Art of Persuasive Language. Writers and speakers use Rhetoric to convince readers and listeners to . do something. or . to think something. .. Think of every time you want to get your way. You are using rhetoric without knowing it!. How would you define the words rhetoric or rhetorical?. Classic Definitions of Rhetoric. Aristotle:. . Rhetoric is "the faculty of discovering in any particular case all of the available means of persuasion.”. Today. , I’ll learn to analyze text using concrete evidence to draw abstract associations in order to make a . valid synthesis . claim.. I’ll know I have learned this when my . synthesis claim . meets or exceeds the criteria for success.. Rhetoric. is a . technique of using language effectively and persuasively in spoken or written form.. A . rhetorical device . is a use of language that is intended to have an effect on its audience, such as to persuade or evoke an emotion. . Rhetoric is the . Art of Persuasive Language. Writers and speakers use Rhetoric to convince readers and listeners to . do something. or . to think something. .. Think of every time you want to get your way. You are using rhetoric without knowing it!. Everything’s an Argument . book off the shelf by the flags.. Everything is an Argument. You are bombarded with them all the time!. The average American sees over. 3000 advertisements per day!. In addition to advertising, we see argument in emails, texts, conversations in the hallway, television shows, movies, social media… It’s everywhere! . It’s brief. . & incomplete. . But it packs a punch.. It doesn’t matter where you look, everyone defines rhetoric differently.. . . Rhetoric began 2500 years ago as the study of the . forms of communication and argument essential to public, political and legal life. in Ancient Greece. It has since evolved a rich and diverse body of research, texts, and pedagogies. This book belongs to:. ……………………………………. 1. 1. What is Rhetoric?. Do now: . Read the below, and summarise, in your own words, the 3 main points underneath.. What is Rhetoric?.