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The Forum: Aristotle’s Model of Communication
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Who is Aristotle?A philosopher who lived in ancient Greece about 2300 years ago.
He thought and wrote about many subjects: science, politics, human nature, theater, music and rhetoric.
He was hired to be the personal teacher to Alexander the Great to help him prepare for a career as a political leader.
He would have called communication “rhetoric.”
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Aristotle tutoring Alexander the Great
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Aristotle’s Definition of Rhetoric
“Rhetoric” is “the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion” (Rhetoric 1335bc).
Aristotle’s view of communication emphasized the kind of communication that a leader would need to persuade people in the political forum.
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Ethos, Logos, Pathos
Aristotle states that effective persuasion always contains these three elements. For Aristotle these are the building blocks of good communication in the public forum.
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Ethos = Credibility
Language appropriate to audience and subject
Clothing is appropriate for the occasion.
Restrained, sincere, fair minded presentation
Appropriate level of vocabulary
Correct grammar
Image that matches audience expectations
Be truthful and honest
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...character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion...
Aristotle says:
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What Ethos means for speakers:
Know what your audience believes and wants. If your audience has a good opinion of you they are more likely to believe what you have to say. If you are speaking to persuade a teacher to give you an “A” then good grammar is very important. If you are speaking to a football team to persuade them to play their best, being able to use the vocabulary of the game is key.
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What Ethos means for speakers:
This also means to dress appropriately for the occasion. If you are a minister speaking in church the kind of dress you will need to have “ethos” is different from the kind of clothing you would need to have credibility persuading a motorcycle club to buy a Harley from you.
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Pathos = Passion
Vivid / Emotionally loaded language
Physical expression, face/gestures
Emotional examples
Vivid descriptions
Narratives of emotional events
Emotional tone, good energy level
Humor
Symbolic language
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The arousing of prejudice, pity, anger, and similar emotions has nothing to do with the essential facts, but is merely a personal appeal to the man who is judging the case.
Aristotle says:
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What Pathos means for speakers:
Speak with energy and enthusiasm. Include content in your speech that will make your audience laugh or cry. Catch their attention at the beginning. Use vivid and descriptive language in your speech. Tell an interesting story to illustrate your point. Connect with your audience on an emotional level.
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Logos = Logic
Definitions
Factual data and statistics
Quotations from experts and authorities
Theoretical, abstract language, Denotative meanings/reasons
Historical comparisons
Informed opinions
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“The whole is more than the sum of its parts.”&“First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective.”
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"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is the victory over self."
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Aristotle’s Rhetorical Tools
Logos
Ethos
PathosMessage
Speaker
Auditor
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Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
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United Nations Human Rights Commission
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City Council Meeting
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School Board Meeting
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“The educated differ from the uneducated as much
as the living from the dead.”