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Stasis Theory
in Rhetorical
Arguments
Becoming Rhetorical
Chapter 7
The Goal?
Persuasion
I
Don’t
Care
About
ONE
Side
I want
a deeper understanding
Arguing
As the process of
developing a
response
A heuristic for
questioning…
…A framework
for organizing
Question Stages:
Fact Definition Quality Procedure
Work through
the tension
Arrive at
stasis
Fact
•Does it exist?
•Did it happen?
•Empirical
Evidence.
Definition
What is it?
Evaluation
Judgement
Procedure
How do we respond?
Stasis…
Where is the
REAL tension?
Explore it.
This is your topic.
Stating your
position…
ANSWER:
Timeliness
Why is this
relevant?
Motives
Why are you entering this
conversation?
Purpose
What is your
goal?
P. 156
Audience
Who is this for?
• What…
Is their perspective?
• What…
Do they know?
• How..
Will they react to your
argument?
On Audience
And how can you
prepare for their…
Reasonable
Objections?
Part II
Developing the Argument
Outcomes
What are the
goals of your
message?
Delivery
What form
should your
message take?
Englishy Math
ARGUMENT = A CLAIM
+
REASONS
+
EVIDENCE
CLAIMS are
your basic message
CLAIMS are
an answer
to stasis
Claims of
Fact
Definition
Quality
Procedure
…can all be contested
REASONS
Why should I believe your claim?
Fact
Definition
Quality
Procedure
EVIDENCE
Will they ACCEPT
your claim?
PRIMARY
SECONDARY
Evidence:
Sufficient
1
Relevant
2
Accurate
3
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Engl 102 ch 7 modified