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Epideictic Speaking

Speeches of Praise/Blame

Basics

Inventional Process

Organizational Schema

4-6 Minutes

Offer Praise or Blame to a:

-Person

-Place

-Object

-Event

-Idea

Topoi

- "Commonplaces"

- Methods of thinking

Topic Choice

- Investigate Values

- Relationship to Object

Method

- Create a list of possibilities

- Assess the options

- Narrow your list

Traditional

- 3 points

- Intro/Body/Conclusion

Narrative

- Anecdotal

- Social

Extended Metaphor

- Comparison

- Illuminates the subject

Epideictic

Present focused

- Concerned with Stasis of Value

Examples:

- Toasts

- Commencement Speeches

- Eulogy

Speaking Situations

Forensic

Epideictic

Deliberative

Forensic

Challenger Address

Past Focused

- Concerned with Stasis of Fact

Example: Legal Speeches

Deliberative

Future Focused

- Concerned with Stasis of Policy

- Contains some Stasis of Value

Example: State of the Union

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