Rhetorical Situation and Kairos Lloyd F. Bitzer described the concept of the rhetorical situation in his essay of the same name.1 The concept relies on understanding a moment called "exigence‚" in which something happens‚ or fails to happen‚ that compels one to speak out. For example‚ if the local school board fires a popular principal‚ a sympathetic parent might then be compelled to take the microphone at the meeting and/or write a letter to the editor. Bitzer defined the rhetorical situation
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Konovalova Zilya gr. 293 “Blood‚ Toil‚ Tears‚ and Sweat” Winston Churchill’s speech analysis The famous speech from Churchill is chosen as the subject of the study. Public speech‚ as important social-cultural phenomena‚ is an effective way to express feelings and convey ideas. In order to be attractive and persuasive‚ a successful speech should be formal and vivid at the same time. These requirements make a public speech have its own unique style. Public speeches are formal and
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more of a convenient tool that can be used to help the individual. This idea is rampant in today’s culture‚ but dates back much further. The Sophists of ancient Greece were early examples of the loss of the importance of truth and the rise of empty rhetoric. These Sophists were teachers and public figures who were skilled in the art of persuasion. They originated from those who practiced oral traditions such as poets and public speakers. When the Greek democracy was formed‚ citizens stepped up to snatch
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Sweat out the Sweatshops In the early 1800’s‚ the seamstress‚ was common figure in American cities. The seamstress was a skilled mender of clothing‚ a much needed but under valued member of American society. There was the seamstress and there was the dressmaker. Although the seamstress and the dressmaker had comparable skill in those days‚ they did not have comparable in incomes (Leibhold‚ 1998). Dressmakers were often hired to make entire outfits and wardrobes for the wealthy‚ and thus
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contexts from direct selling to clients to coaching‚ team building‚ appraising‚ motivating and leading” (Atkinson‚ 2012). Rhetoric is a tool that we can use throughout our careers and in our daily lives. I will be defining rhetoric‚ listing the benefits of persuasion‚ the five stages of the persuasion process‚ and how I feel persuasion will help me in my profession. Rhetoric is “the art or skill of speaking or writing formally and effectively especially as a way to persuade or influence people”
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Melissa Mendoza A. Ackerman English 1C March 27‚ 2012 Rhetoric “ Everything you do to us will happen to you; we are your teachers‚ as you are ours. We are one lesson.” This quote is from the essay‚ “Am I blue?” by Alice Walker which is about her expericance on a ranch and the way her relationship with a horse named Blue becomes more than a helpless pet stuck in a small acre ranch‚ to real strong relationship that animals such as Blue‚ do have feelings like humans do and she finds her self wondering
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“...double‚ double‚ toil and trouble." - The 3 Witches I don’t know about you‚ but if I heard something like that‚ I would definitely be creeped out--that an disgusted. However‚ when you look past 3 horrid and wicked hags‚ you realize that their presence impacts a much larger meaning in the play. For instance‚ the more vigorously you work for something---notably if it’s obsessively working--you’ll be burdened with more than double the trouble. Trepidations that no one deserves to experience. Ever
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The Killers Tears. The text‚ The Killers Tears by Anne Laure Bondoux‚ is a sad yet happy story of a young boy‚ Paolo Poloverdos‚ who lives on a small farm at the end of the world. This all soon changes when a wanted killer named Angel Allegria comes walking down the track and in cold blood‚ murders the young boys parents. When the young boy walks in to see his parents in a pool of blood‚ then looks at the murderer and his knife‚ it changes the souls of the murder and the small child forever.
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Drinking Till Suicide Thousands of people a year die in drinking and driving related accidents. In the book “Tears Of A Tiger” By Sharon Draper‚ Andrew Jackson and three of his teammates and best friends had just won a basketball game. Andy was driving and drinking. Andy hit a retaining wall and the car burst into flames. Andy‚ B.J.‚ and Tyrone all got out of the car‚ but Andy’s best friend‚ Robert Washington was not as lucky. At the time of collision‚ half of Rob’s body had went through the windshield
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Andrew Jackson and the Trail of Tears The Long‚ Bitter Trail: Andrew Jackson and the Indians was written by Anthony F.C. Wallace. In his book‚ the main argument was how Andrew Jackson had a direct affect on the mistreatment and removal of the native Americans from their homelands to Indian Territory. It was a trail of blood‚ a trail of death‚ but ultimately it was known as the "Trail of Tears". Throughout Jackson’s two terms as President‚ Jackson used his power unjustly. As a man from the Frontier
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