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- 1. Kairos and the Rhetorical Construction of Knowledge
- 2. Key definition of rhetoric
- Art of discovering all the available means
- of persuasion in a given situation
- Aristotle
- 3. Rhetoric and Empirical Truth
- Many important questions cant be settled with reference to facts alone.
- Persuasive argument can help us arrive at probable truth where no clear consensus on the facts exists.
- The language we use to name the world influences how we understand it.
- 4. Discourse Communities
- Groups of people who differ in
- --the vocabulary they use to describe the world
- --the linguistic style and genres they prefer
- --the kinds of evidence they value
- --the questions / issues they find relevant
- 5. Ideological Commonplaces
- A set of often unstated assumptions and beliefs that influences how we understand and behave in the world.
- 6. Kairos as Inventional Heuristic
- Key questions to help rhetors adapt
- arguments to particular times, places, and
- audiences.
- 7. Kairos and Urgency
- How have recent events made this issue
- urgent right now?
- Or, do I need to show its urgency to make it relevant to the present?
- 8. Analyzing Interested Communities
- What arguments are being made by what groups / communities about this issue at this time?
- What interests or ideological agendas are being served by these arguments?
- 9. Power and Media Gatekeepers
- How do particular media outlets both highlight
- and overlook the arguments of certain
- groups (reinforcing an ideological point of view)?
- Who has the most / least power to make their voices heard about this issue? Why?
- How can a relatively powerless person gain an audience in this time?
- 10. Interconnections
- What other issues are bound up with discourse about this issue right now? Why?
- Should I connect more argument to these related issues or attempt to separate it?
- 11. Analyzing Audiences
- What values or assumptions does the audience hold about the world?
- What motivates them? What are there interests in this issue?
- What kinds of evidence and language does the audience value?