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Arrangement in Discourse: Selecting and Organizing Arguments for Persuasive Communication

This chapter explores the two processes of arrangement in discourse: selecting arguments to be used and arranging them in a clear and persuasive order. It discusses the six parts of discourse, including exordium, narrative, partition, confirmation, refutation, and peroration. The chapter also examines different cases and strategies for introduction and insinuation.

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Arrangement in Discourse: Selecting and Organizing Arguments for Persuasive Communication

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  1. CHAPTER 10Arrangement: Getting it Together By Kanani Naauao English 307 October 12, 2005

  2. Two Processes of Arrangement • Selecting arguments to be used • Arranging them in an order that is clear and persuasive

  3. Six Parts of Discourse • Exordium: Introduction vs. Insinuation • Narrative • Partition • Confirmation • Refutation • Peroration (Conclusion)

  4. Exordium: Introduction vs. Insinuation There are 5 different cases the Rhetor may encounter: • Honorable • Difficult • Mean • Ambiguous • Obscure

  5. Exordium: Introduction vs. Insinuation…Cases • Honorable • Has immediate support from the audience • Difficult • Audience is unsympathetic to rhetor or to issues • Mean • Audience regards the rhetor or the issue as unimportant or uninteresting

  6. Exordium: Introduction vs. Insinuation…Cases • Ambiguous • Audience is unsure about what is at issue; or issue is partly honorable and partly difficult • Obscure • Issue is too difficult for audience to understand, because they are uninformed or because it is complex

  7. Exordium: Introduction vs. Insinuation • Introduction • To prepare our audience in such a way that they’ll be disposed to lend a ready ear to the rest of the speech (Quintilian) • To make clear what is the end (telos) of the discourse (Aristotle) • May be used in mean, ambiguous and obscure cases

  8. Exordium: Introduction vs. Insinuation • Insinuation • Hostile audience  admit difference of opinion • Unsavory issue  admit it • Tired audience  promise to make it short

  9. Narrative • States the issue as clearly & simply as possible • Clear, concise, and brief • Definitive, value, and procedure narratives • Background information/History

  10. Partition • Identifies the issues in dispute • List the arguments to be used in the order they appear • Acknowledgement of issues • Agreement of definitions • Issues of value involved in discussion • Procedures to make change

  11. Confirmation • Elaborates on arguments in support of the rhetor’s position • Confirms/validates material given in Narrative & Partition • Uses the strategies previously discussed (e.g. kairos, logos, ethos, pathos…)

  12. Refutation • Possible arguments against the rhetor’s position are addressed • Possible arguments against the rhetor are addressed

  13. Peroration (Conclusion) • Clear and Brief! • Review of issues in partition, briefly recall how each was supported

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