MUST READ CHAPTERS 8-10OF
The Rhetorical Act: Thinking, Speaking, and Writing Critically 5th Edition
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ISBN-13978-1133313793
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Part 1:Audience related challenges
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Chapter 8 identifies 4 audience related challenges. First, in your own words, briefly explain what those challenges are (1-2 sentences). Second, identify one of the challenges that you anticipate. Explain why you anticipate this challenge (1-2 sentences), and then, based on what the book says about your chosen challenge, explain how you plan to overcome this challenge (2-3 sentences).
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Part 2: The elaboration likelihood model (ELM)
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First, in your own words, explain ELM and why it is important for persuasion (2-3 sentences). Second, choosing the central route or the peripheral route, give an example of an argument you could make in your final speech that draws on ELM (2-3 sentences).
Other elements from Chapters 6 and 7 to pay attention to: -
Context of rhetorical action, as explained in the first few pages of chapter 8
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Types of audiences
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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
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Issues arising from the complexity of subjects
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Purpose related challenges rhetors face
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Prior Ethos
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The factors that affect ethos
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Rhetorical Processes that relate to the character of the rhetor