Apr 10, 2016

1) The four ways that types of body rhetoric are embodied argumentation, street theater, rhetoric style, and vibe as bodily emanation. Embodied argumentation describes how are our body can be used as an argument. Street theater describes political protests such as protests. Rhetorical style describes the overall look and feel of our communicative gestures. Vibe as bodily emanation describes the energy that emanates from our bodies. 

2) The four ways that bodily argumentation expands the realm of rhetoric are call to action, provides more rhetorical options, empowering, and highlights the craft of everyday life. They are essential in an argument because they give normal everyday people more power when it comes to standing up for themselves. 

3) The five steps for cultivating style are observation, reflection, experimentation, and application. Observation lets us just look at yours and other styles of communication. Reflection is the time you need to judge what you observe and consider the pros and cons of the different ways of communication. Experimentation lets you test styles of communication in order to figure out what suites you. Finally, application lets you apply those styles in a real situation where you will have no control over which style you want to use, instead the style will just come out naturally. 


4) Individual body arguments are when you use your body in order to make arguments. Collective body arguments are when you go to protests and commit actions. Many people use individual body arguments in order to raise awareness to the public. I have seen people use tattoos as a way to write a message to the public. 

2 comments:

  1. I can say I agree with your last response on using tattoos as a form of body argumentation because I myself do have tattoos that express meaning to myself and meaning to others. My tattoos are a way of how I display body argumentation.

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  2. Chris! I agree with you that the four ways of bodily argumentation allows people to stand up for themselves.

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