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CHAPTER 12 (Rhetorical Communication) 12.1) The Importance of Communication RHETORICS FUNCTION IN SOCIETY Rhetorical communication serves three functions 1) Helps strengthen democratic societies. 2) Helps people pursue justice. 3) Helps people clarify their own beliefs and actions. THE ADVANTAGES OF STUDYING RHETORIC 1) Understanding viewpoints surrounding social issues. 2) Understand culture. 3) Critically evaluate and respond to persuasive messages. 4) Become better communicators IN REGARDS TO BECOMING A RHETORICAL CRITIC An informed consumer of rhetorical disclosure is prepared to analyze rhetorical text. Rhetorical criticism is a method for generating knowledge about rhetoric TRUTH AND RHETORIC *SOPHISTS First to teach in Greek citystates They (Sophists) demonstrated and held persuasive speaking techniques. They would be seen as unethical in today’s culture. *Plato Rejected the relativist approach and believed that speakers should only use rhetoric when searching for universal truths. *Aristotle Plato’s former student Viewed rhetoric as a way to discover all possible means of persuasion in a situation. *Cicero Used rhetoric for the good of the public. Identified the three purposes of public speaking (informing, entertaining and persuading). *Augustine Represented the Catholic Church’s thought. Used rhetoric to derive divine truth. 12.2) What is rhetor
