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  1. Oct 2018
    1. memory became less of a central concern of rhetoric

      How can memory be essential as a form of rhetoric? What are some examples that we can use to show how memory plays a role as a form of rhetoric?

    2. The Canons of Classical Rhetoric

      Summary- The Canons of Classical Rhetoric strives to focus on these main elements: invention, arrangement, style, delivery, and memory. Not only is rhetoric situated and applied art, it generates principles, not rules.* The main difference between principles and rules are that principles can be understood and classified for certain situations, while rules limit the absolute boundaries.

      Style- The style element is the use of ornamentation or having appropriate form. Through digital practice, the definition is more about understanding elements of design (color, motion, interactivity, font choice, appropriate use of multimedia, etc.) According to Aristotle, as noted in the article, he accentuates that "the whole business of rhetoric [is] concerned with appearance" (165). The main idea is that style, in terms of digital rhetoric, is "concerned with understanding all the available elements of document design, including color, font choice, and layout..."

      Memory- The memory element is the literal memorization of speech. In digital practice, it is the idea of information literacy--knowing how to store, retrieve, and manipulate information through a series of digital forms of rhetoric. This can include personal or project-based, blogs or databases. The element of memory is further described in the article as not only a "memorization of speeches but also with the function of memory in developing a store of rhetorical arguments and practices that the rhetoric could draw upon will." However, memory became less of a rhetorical element, since writing took up the processes of an individual orator.

      Delivery- The delivery element is about oral presentation. Through digital practice, delivery is understanding and using systems of distribution. This includes the technical frameworks that support varying protocols and networks.

      Question-** What is "re-memory?" How can you use memory as a form of rhetoric?

    3. Texts

      What are some examples of texts that have rhetorical features?

    4. “New Rhetoric”

      What exactly is "new rhetoric?"

    5. As digital technologies have continued to develop (at an amazingly brisk pace), the possibilities of constructing hypertext work that includes a variety of media—video, audio, animation, interactive processes—has further marked the departure from our traditional notions of print documents while simultaneously retaining print-based forms within these hypermedia compositions.

      Why is it that the discourse community prefers to use texts digitally rather than the traditional print?

    6. approach to “text” as a “communicative event” (1) that meets seven specific criteria of textuality: cohesion, coherence, intentionality, acceptability, informality, situationality, and intertextuality.

      Multiple definitions and approaches to the term, "text" as a "communicative event."

    7. digital rhetoric as similar to visual rhetoric

      What is the relationship between digital rhetoric and visual rhetoric? How are they similar? How are they different?

    8. power of rhetoric

      What is the power of rhetoric and how can it be defined in a contemporary approach?