ENGL 2300 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Noam Chomsky, James Paul Gee, Rhetorical Criticism
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Convergence: represents a cultural shift as consumers are encouraged to seek out new information and make connections among dispersed media content: (cid:862)(cid:374)a(cid:396)(cid:396)o(cid:449)(cid:272)asti(cid:374)g(cid:863) as opposed to (cid:862)(cid:271)(cid:396)oad(cid:272)asti(cid:374)g(cid:863, delivery is personal. Rhetoric: faculty of observing in any case the available means of persuasion. Rhetorical analysis: judging the effectiveness of a rhetorical address: avoiding opinions and biases. Kairos: the occasion, context, event, and timeliness that caused the writer to produce the piece at hand; the right/opportune moment: opportunities and constraints. Exigency: a demand within the kairos that makes the rhetor respond. Three kinds of rhetoric: deliberative: addresses future actions or policies; decides something (law, legislation, epideictic: praise or blame, aims to instill values or affirm beliefs in audiences (eulogies, rehearsal dinner speeches) Judicial: judges the legality or ethics of an action in the past, goal is to assess or punish (a hearing, trial) Artistic proofs: logos: message/content, pathos: emotion/empathy, ethos: credibility/appeal to ethics.
