Final Flashcards
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5 Canons of Rhetoric
- Invention
- the creative process
- developing and refining
- content and structure
- developing and refining
- the creative process
Supporting material
answers the questions your audience has during your speech
Why should I trust you
Says who
Why does this matter
Functions of Support
helps your audience understand, remember, and accept you argument
adds enjoyment
Using Supporting Materials
Balance two competing interests: Brevity detail short and sweet and to the point but have enough information to make your connections and keep your audience focused
Types of Supporting Materials
Statistics
Examples
Testimonies
examples
Versatile and powerful
Most effective when we Construct concrete, understandable, persuasive, and memorable message
Real examples are usually most effective
Help in inductive reasoning
using examples effectively
Relevant On trend -Not atypical Vivid and specific Identifiable personal
types of examples
Brief 1-2 sentences extended Anecdote Parables Real hypothetical *** get definitions for these terms
Statistics
we need to use them in ethical manner
Averages, percentages, totals, quantitative information
Need to be carful
Know what you are comparing or reducing
using statistics effectively
Visual Aids
Round
Present in a meaningful way
Reputable, authoritative, and unbiased
types of testimony
Expert -Need to be most up to date -Avoid extremes -Present qualification Lay/peer prestige -paid endorsers
what type of example is best when your audience had no experience
hypothetical
Types of Team Presentations
Panel
symposium
Forum
Group presentation
panel discussion
Small group
-Typically differ in experience/perspective
discussion (obviously) in front of an audience
Spontaneous
conversational
symposium
Several individuals speak on related topics Chair or moderator Respondent or critic Don’t go over time -unprofessional
forum
Audience can ask questions
Follows a panel discussion or symposium
-Call and response
-Q &A session
Group Presentation
team of speakers
findings or deliberations
-Introduction, transitions & conclusions
Whole group on stage
listening to several doctors talk about the dangers of drinking soda pop at a health conference
symposium
synergy
product is greater than the sum of parts
working in groups makes your product better than if each of you presented separately
Working in Groups
Two levels
task level
Social level
-Both help with effectiveness and stability
task roles
initiator-gets the group started on a topic or starts you down a new road
Opinion seeker- makes sure each person has their ideas equally represents
social roles
encourager- makes everyone feel that their work is of value
harmonizers- makes sure everyone is at leas at a 5- there is no big interpersonal conflict
Group Roles
Task leader Central negative Tension (stress) reliever Information provider Socio-emotional leader
task leader
Helps set goals and create agendas
Can analyze problems well
Has certain communication qualities and is articulate
Asks for ideas from others