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Rhetoric and persuasion

Ancient Greece, 450 BC

The roots of communication studies

Plato vs. the sophists

Q: If you had to pick sides: Plato or Sophists?

Aristotle

“Being able to see, in any given situation, the available means of persuasion”

Ethos

Pathos

Q: Can you think of ways in which appeals to fear were used in ’16 election?

Logos

1) Specific instances 2) Principle 3) Causal 4) Analogical

Identification and division

Identification (emphasis on commonality) Division (emphasis on difference)

Can you think of examples of identification/division occurring in our current political landscape?

Can you think of some examples of over-identification? What are some possible consequences of too much identification?

Can you think of a situation in your life when division was a necessary and positive development for you?

Writing reflection