COM 100 Summer 2014

Rhetoric

Monday, August 4, 2014 7:18 pm

Rhetoric, by Aristotle, is defined as the discovery in each case of “the available means of persuasion.” According to Aristotle, there are four different proofs that are the available means of persuasion. There are external proofs that the speaker does not create and there are the three internal proofs created by the speaker. These internal proofs are logical, ethical, and emotional, also known as logos, ethos, and pathos, respectively. Emotional proof, or pathos, is defined as the feeling the speech draws out of the hearers. This proof, along with the others, is apparent in some way, shape, or form in every public speech. An example of this proof being used in a speech is in the movie Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 when the main character is giving a speech to some of the food animals to attempt to persuade them into helping him with his task.

 

 

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