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How were Greek and Roman understandings of the citizen different?

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According to Cicero, what must speakers be wary of when using humor?

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If rhetorical practices and democratic forms of government tend to flourish together, how would you characterize the present state of rhetoric and democracy in U.S. culture? Are both flourishing? Are both in decline?

________________ is the Latin term for Cicero's complete orator, who was a leader that manifested the values of the state and must understand law, politics, economics, military affairs, poetry, and philosophy.

What are Cicero's five canons of rhetoric?

Provide the term for the following definitions: -Systems for discovering arguments.

Cicero was the most famous and influential orator of the Roman period. He was also an astute theorist of rhetoric from a very early age. Cicero's conception of rhetoric centered on the union of two capacities or abilities. What were they, and why was this union important to Cicero? What did this joining of capacities have to do with the concept of the "complete orator"? What was the social significance of such a person to Cicero?

How did Roman and Greek conceptions of the citizen differ?

What were the qualities and skills that Longinus suggested helped an author to achieve the quality of sublimity?

Cicero believed that rhetoric, like all great arts, was most excellent when it was farthest removed from the mental capacity of the untrained, meaning he thought orators should avoid tailoring their rhetoric to the masses.

Longinus found in rhetoric an avenue to more beautiful and expressive writing. Can studying examples of great writing, particularly the rhetorical figures employed by great writers, help you to improve your writing? Is great writing still valued, or has visual expression overshadowed writing in contemporary society?

Briefly describe what was for Quintilian the relationship between oratory and good citizenship.

Identify and briefly describe what for Longinus were the sources of great writing.

What did Quintilian mean by suggesting that an orator must be a good person?

Provide the term for the following definitions: -The orator as a leader who embodied and articulated the society's values.

Provide the term for the following definitions: -Latin term for "to teach"; one of Cicero's three functions or goals of rhetoric.

Which of the following is not one of the five sources of great writing outlined in On the Sublime?

Provide the term for the following definitions: -The discovery of valid or seemingly valid arguments.

Provide the term for the following definitions: -The fitting of the proper language to the invented material of a speech, one of Cicero's five canons of rhetoric.

Which of the following was the name Quintilian gave to the part of a judicial speech that was designed to offer evidence to support the claims of the speech?