Rhetorical Tradition Exam 1

Rhetorical tradition vocab

43 cards   |   Total Attempts: 188
  

Cards In This Set

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Techne
True art
dialectic (dialektike)
Conversational methods in philosophy
Epidexis
The memorized speech of display
Physis
Natural law
Peitho
Persuasion
psychagogos
a poet, a leader or soul through a kind of incantation
chiasmus
reversing the elements in parallel causes
Antithesis
the opposing of ideas in a sentence or paragraph
Doxa/pistis
Mere public opinion
Episteme
True knowledge
Demos
City-state
Forensic speech
People trying to secure justice concerning past actions
Deliberative speech
Deliberating about problems and the best courses of action, or exchanging advice
Epideictic speech
Praising the virtuous and eulogizing the noble dead, or launching malicious attacks
Intensifying Social Cohesion
when a person urges increased dedication to the existing values of a group