Exam 2: The Origins and Early History of Rhetoric

______________ was a female poet in ancient Greece that lived on the island of Lesbos and gained acclaim throughout Greece, even having statues built in her honor.

Provide the term for the following definitions: -Contradictory arguments or claims.

The Sophists taught the Athenians that the ability to speak persuasively was a natural talent or a gift from the gods.

Sophists claimed they could teach how to control audiences through speech, aspects of leadership, and careful management of one's resources.

Which of the following is the name of the movement Isocrates advocated for that sought for the Greek city-states to join together as one country?

Which of the following is the function of language Richard Leo Enos finds in Homeric writings that deals with language's ability to "'turn' or direct human thought."?

Name two Sophists discussed in Chapter Two and provide one contribution or interest of each.

When were the first Sophists active in Greece?

The Sophists believed in the Greek notion of ______________, a term meaning a favorable situation or opportune moment. This term related to a sense of decorum, as well as creating truth in the moment with regards to timing and circumstance.

Which of the following was the female rhetorician in the fifth century BCE who was a hetaera, and said to have taught the art of rhetoric to many, including Socrates?

The chapter discusses the fact that women were barred from public speaking venues in ancient Greece. We have also considered that, despite this prohibition, women such as Aspasia, Sappho, the Pythia at the Oracle at Delphi, and Spartan women contributed through speech and writing to ancient Greek culture. How does the expression of women's voices differ from that of men in these ancient cultures? What might we learn from this about efforts to prevent groups or individuals from speaking in public?

Provide the term for the following definitions: -The right of all free male citizens to speak in the Athenian assembly.

What, if anything, is the relationship between truth and argument? Persuasion and ethics?

Provide the term for the following definitions: -A practical art, a science, or a systematic study.

For what was Sappho famous?

Why, in your own words, was the study of rhetoric important to the citizens of ancient Athens?

In what ways, if any, does U.S. society appear to be Sophistic in orientation?

What, if anything, might be gained by a consistent program of rhetorical studies in schools today? Is there anything to be gained by not teaching people to reason and speak persuasively and effectively? What group, if any, realizes an advantage from the absence of rhetorical training?

Many of the Sophists had traveled broadly, believed in a cultural relativism, and were skeptical about a divine source of knowledge or value.

With the rise of democracy in Athens, every free male citizen enjoyed the right of ______________, a Greek term for the guarantee of the opportunity to speak freely in public assemblies.