rhetorical crit

Epideictic Rhetoric

present retoric for blame or praise virtue/vice

Deliberative rhetoric

Future exhort or dissuade good/unworthy

Judicial rhetoric

past accuse or defend rhetoric

enthymeme

s a piece of reasoning with a step left out on purpose

Rhetorical history

how rhetorical actors,organizations, and movements operated in the past — surfacing overlooked activity and explaining its significance.

Rhetorical Criticism

Analyzes speeches, documents, media texts, and performances

to understand how rhetoric functions in context — drawing

from political, cultural, and transnational lenses

Rhetorical Theory

Develops concepts that explain how rhetoric works across

situations — adapting frameworks to address contemporary

needs, rhetorical agency, power, and civic life

5 canon

1. invention

2. arrengment

3. style

4. memory

5. delivery