POC Flashcards
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Rhetoric
persuasive and convincing communication
Inventio
finding the material / • Inventio: contents, substance and argumentation. – reason why you are doing the speech act
Dispositio
How you are going to structure and organize your speech act
Elocution
the style and language, form of appeal
memoria
rehearsing the speech
actio
delivering the speech
the rhetorical situation
the speaker, the audience, the circumstances, the purpose, the rhetorical problem
Rhetorical problem
what motivates the speaker to speak
An argument
a claim supported by a proof
Linguistic competence:
to understand, explain and use a language correctly.
Discourse and text competences:
to understand, explain and use language in a certain context – MAKING A CONVO WORK. Ex when shopping or in class
Pragmatic competence:
to understand and use the rules and norms in a given situation. Ex are you talking to a friend or a teacher.
Cultural competence:
to understand your counterpart – to show that you have cultural intelligence
Strategic competence:
to be able to understand, explain and solve communication problems and reach communicative goals.
Auditive elements - The speakers auditory tools
Articulation - Pronounciation
Pace - Not to fast not to slow. Can create climax
Pause - Make sure the audience is following, show that a new point is coming, can create intensity.
Emphasis - Which sylabells to stress.
Volume - Depends on room size and spirit of the conversation
pitch
Visual elements
facial expression, gestures and body language, use of audiovisuals
• Exigence
an issue or situation that needs to be dealt with or addressed in a speech – reason why
• Constraints
the circumstances – physical and psychological opportunities and limitation of the situation
face wants
Saving face, its individual self-image.
Positive face:
A person’s positive face is the need to be accepted, even liked, by others
(happy face, wants to be accepted)
(need to be connected)
Negative face:
A person’s negative face is the need to be independent, to have freedom of action and not to be imposed on by others
(go away) (need to be independent)
FTA – face threatening acts:
insults and criticism will assault your positive face. Offering help or will assault your negative face. “The assignments you handed in were rubbish”. A threat to somebody’s self-image and self-esteem
Face saving act FSA
an act that softens the threat to somebody’s self-esteem and self-image. “I have some suggestions for how you could further improve your assignments”
Speech acts:
Central to the understanding of a speaker’s pragmatic competence. Performing actions through speech of conveying communicative intention. Ex apologies, invitations, thanks. Formidle et budskab bedst muligt så din modtager budskab på den bedst mulige made.
” By uttering something we are able to make others act”
Off record statements:
No direct receiver. Not necessarily intended to be heard. “Hmmm, I wonder where I put my pen”
On record statement
: direct address to receiver. “Give me a pen, Lend me your pen”