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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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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The Qualitative Paradigm The design of a research study begins with the selection of a topic and a paradigm. A paradigm is essentially a worldview‚ a whole framework of beliefs‚ values and methods within which research takes place. It is this world view within which researchers work. According to Cresswell (1994) "A qualitative study is defined as an inquiry process of understanding a social or human problem‚ based on building a complex‚ holistic picture‚ formed with words‚ reporting detailed
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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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According to Walter Fisher’s Narrative Paradigm Theory‚ humans‚ at their cores‚ are storytellers. Through narratives‚ we create and recreate reality. Television is by far the most prominent way these stories are communicated to us today. When the Home and Garden Television (HGTV) network launched in 1994‚ it revolutionized the way people viewed their homes. Though HGTV wasn’t the first to make television about the home rather than have a plot take place in the home‚ it has been the most successful
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through paradigms. A paradigm is defined as a basic image of society that generates a theory and research. A theory would be defined as a statement that attempts to explain the relationship between two facts. As in any field‚ there are certain ways that things are looked at‚ or certain paradigms. In sociology‚ there are three paradigms: the conflict paradigm‚ the structural functionalist paradigm and the symbolic interaction paradigm. Throughout this paper‚ I will be discussing each paradigm in depth
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A Paradigm Shift Andy Santiago ITT Technical Institute GS 1140 Mr. Torregrasso April 3‚ 2012 A Paradigm it is what we all see as a world view. Paradigm shift is defined as being a radical change in underlying beliefs of theory (Kuhn‚ 1922). What this means is we believe and rely on something our whole life‚ but then new science discoveries test our beliefs. A good example of this is the paradigm that separated the revealed truth of the Bible from scientific truth. In today’s world science
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Object-Oriented Programming Paradigm By Daniel C. Williams MCIS 611 Instructor: Dr. Frank J. Mitropoulos Research Report Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences Nova Southeastern University April 25‚ 2010 Table of Contents Abstract 3 Introduction 4 Review of Literature 5 Data and Analysis 7 Data Qualities 7 Object-Oriented Programming Languages 9 Eiffel 9 Smalltalk 10 Ruby 10 Java 11 C++ 12 Featured Components 13 Encapsulation 13 Polymorphism
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Organizational Paradigms Introduction The purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast the three predominant organizational paradigms; rational‚ natural and open systems. Each paradigm has its own unique characteristics and understanding these paradigms can best be understood through real-life examples of the paradigms in use. Before the paradigms are described and related‚ the term organization and organizational theory must be defined. Definitions Applying a specific definition
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