COMS 330 Classical Rhetorical Theory Final Cal Poly Besel Questions And Answers

COMS 330 Classical Rhetorical Theory
Final Cal Poly Besel Questions And
Answers

"goodyman"yaccordingyQuintiliany-yCORRECTyyANSWER-
publiclyyactive,yintegrityyandyeloquence,yconstantlyylearning,yandycourageousyinypursuingyi
dealsy(Cicerianyoverlap)

Aristotle'sy"OnyRhetoric"yBookyIyandyIIy-yCORRECTyyANSWER-invention

veryyspecificyinygenresy(Deliberative,yJudicial,yandyEpideictic)yandyinyarguments/topoi

Aristotle'sy"OnyRhetoric"yBookyIIIy-yCORRECTyyANSWER-
arrangement/organization,ystyle,ydelivery

veryygeneral;yapplicableytopicsytoyallyspeeches/genres

Aristotle'syBookyIIy-yCORRECTyyANSWER-
natureyofyemotions,yorganizedybyypathos,ylogos,yethos,yandymayybeytheyfirstylookyatypsychol
ogy

Aristotle'sydefinitionyofyaysyllogismy-yCORRECTyyANSWER-
aydeductiveyargumentyinydialecticyconsistingyofymajorypremise,yminorypremise,yandyconclus
ion

STARTSyFROMyAyTRUTH

Aristotle'sydefinitionyofyanyethymemey-yCORRECTyyANSWER-ayrhetoricalysyllogism

STARTSyFROMyAyPROBABILITY

premisesyaren'tylimitytoy3;yyouycanyhaveymanyyorymissing,ybutystillyaysyllogismyoryenthymem
e

, Aristotle'sydefinitionyofyrhetoricy-yCORRECTyyANSWER-
"Theyavailableymeansyofypersuasion"

Thinkydoctorymetaphor:yanyMDyknowsylotsyofytreatmentsyandypicksytheybestyone;yjustyasyayr
hetoricianyknowsytheyoptionsyforypersuasionyandyusesytheybestyone

Aristotle'sydislikeyofystyleyandydeliveryy-yCORRECTyyANSWER-
"Corruptionyofytheyaudience":yswaysyaudiencesyevenythoughytheyinvention/substanceyshou
ldybeywhyyweymakeycertainychoices

ay"vulgarymatter",yit'synotyright,ybutyityisynecessary,ytoyconsiderystyle

Aristotle'sypartsyofyayspeechy-yCORRECTyyANSWER-
Minimumy2yparts:ystatingytheysubjectyandythenymakingyheyargumenty(propositionyandyproof
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4ypartsyforyaygoodyone:yproem,yproposition,yproof,yepilogue

Optionalyparts:yNarrativeyandyInterrogation

atechnicyproofy-yCORRECTyyANSWER-non-
artisticyproof:yexternalytoytheyspeaker'sycontrol;youtsideyevidence

Augustiney-yCORRECTyyANSWER--writesy"DeyDoctrineyChristiana"
-religiousyrightyandywrong,yspiritualyperspective
-"uh-gust-
in",yaysaint,yoriginallyyayteacheryofyrhetoricybutyreconciledyrelativismywithyGod'sytruth
-makesyrhetoricyokyforyreligiousypeople/traditions

Boethiusy-yCORRECTyyANSWER--
writesy"TheyConsolationyofyPhilosophy"yinyprison,ylockedyupybyypoliticalyopponent
-secularyrightyandywrong,ylogicalyperspective
-neo-Platonicythinking,yalthoughyfocusesymoreyonylogicythanyTruth

Catalinayappearingyinytheysenatey-yCORRECTyyANSWER-
he'syposturing:yunsureyhowymuchyCiceroyknows,yandynotyshowingyup=guilty

CatoytheyEldery-yCORRECTyyANSWER-
firstytoyhaveyideaythatyanyoratoryisyaygoodymanyspeakingywell,yimplyingyyouymustybeymoral...y
anyimmoralypersonyisynotyanyorator

influencedyQuintilian

CiceroyEarlyylifey(20's)y-yCORRECTyyANSWER-DeyInventione,yyoungyandystillylearning

CiceroyLateylifey-yCORRECTyyANSWER-DeyOratore,yapologizesyforyDeyInventione,