WRD 110 Final: Course Overview

• School: University of Kentucky
• Department: Writing, Rhetoric and Digital Media
• Course: WRD 110
• Professor: Scott Olsen

Document Summary

Sometimes a pre-req to deliberative: epideictic. Panegyric (positive, affirming, productive) v polemic (negative, questioning) Not usually consequential; it is usually tied to speeches not debates. Rhetoric v linear: linear is like a line (it is in order, recursive falls back on itself and repeats stuff. Evidence that is found or not created (cid:862)accordi(cid:374)g to this, that happe(cid:374)s. which leads to xyz(cid:863: artistic argument. Using pathos effectively requires effective logos and ethos use: logos. Can improve your other two: ethos. If you use good sources, it helps ethos. Taking observations (general and specific) to develop new premises. Moves from general statements of truth to more specific statements. Claims of fact: you can prove the existence. Claims of definition: you prove the definition of the subject. Must account for large amount of prior knowledge. Not just subject but also appeal to subject.