Speech Vocab

ambiguous statement or question that cannot be answered in the terms asked (Have you stopped beating your wife yet?).

• 2.1: Pisteis
• excellence.

• 3.1:
• to bend around.

narration, leading through.

power, ability, capacity, faculty, potentiality.

rhetorical syllogism (three part deductive argument) that leads to a conclusion based on an unstated assumption (part of the argument is missing because it is assumed).

• praise-and-blame, ceremonial (does not evoke controversy). Stating
• current affairs.

conclusion.

character of the speaker.

good will.

discussion about the past.

change in pitch.

delivery.

way of saying something.

not plain, un-clear.

logical, what is said, or style.

stripe or layer.

emotions of the audience.

practical wisdom

Second vital part of a speech.

introduction, beginning.

First vital part of a speech.

communication designed to persuade an audience to side with a particular argument or action, appeals to logos, pathos, or ethos.

three part deductive argument (major premise, minor premise, and a conclusion).

indication.

pitch accents.

rapid, quick.

arrangement or ordering of parts of the oration.

pitch accents.

benefit from chance which comes from rank via ancestry.