Class Notes

01/16/2025

• 5 cannons

  • Invention (Topics)

  • Disposition (Organization)

    • pattern that makes sense

  • Style (Language)

    • words that can elicit emotional responses in the audience

  • Memory (lost canon)

    • people have to memorize their speeches in the past bc no one was allowed in the court room to say it for them

  • Delivery (transmission of speech)

    • watch vocal fluctuation to make your voice more pleasant

• 19th Century

  • Declamation

    • speech that isn’t ur own memorized and performed

  • Elocution

    • enunciation of words

• 20-21st Century

  • Multi Media/Instant Communicaiton

    • must be careful regarding how it will be interpreted