The Ancient Greeks knew when to deliver a message so it had maximum impact. They called it kairos. And you can learn how to master it.
This method of persuasion was first described in On Rhetoric by the Greek philosopher Aristotle. In his work, Aristotle discusses ethos, in addition to the other rhetorical appeals: logos, pathos—and the sometimes-forgotten kairos. Logos strives to appeal to the reader’s logic while pathos appe...
What is logos? Logos was introduced by the philosopher Aristotle as one of the modes of persuasion, alongside ethos, pathos, and kairos. In his work The Art of Rhetoric, Aristotle describes logos as “reasoned discourse” in which a writer or speaker provides facts, figures, and additional in...
Kairos.This is one of the most difficult concepts in rhetoric; devices in this category are dependent on the idea that the time has come for a particular idea or action. The very timeliness of the idea is part of the argument. Read More What Are Tropes in Language? By Richard Nordquist ...
In the first section, I show how the mathematical strategies that notation facilitated rely on prudential rhetoric's sense of the opportune moment, also known as kairos or decorum. In the second, I show how the necessary balance within notation between compression and lucidity similarly relies on...
Some modern scholars may also considerkairosas an additional mode of persuasion.Kairosis usually defined as referring to the specific time and place that a speaker chooses to deliver their speech. For written rhetoric, the “place” instead refers to the specific medium or publication in which a...
Her research interests include digital rhetoric, new materialist theories, and multimodal pedagogy. Her works have appeared in Kairos, Postdigital Science and Education, and edited collections. She is currently working on a manuscript that explores the efficacy of multimodal campaigns in fostering ...
“Kairos and Kerygma: The Rhetoric of Christian Proclamation.” Rhetoric Society Quarterly 25, no. 1–4 (January 1, 1995): 164–178. Newbigin, Lesslie. Lesslie Newbigin: Missionary Theologian: A Reader. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2006. Packer, James Innell. Evangelism ...
Lynch employs the concept of "kairos," the right time, to describe a key strategy of persuasion. The speaker or writer recasts the facts of the situation "to create a sense of urgency and opportunity" (17). It is the potential medical applications ...
Kairos:Language that communicates the timeliness of its speaker’s position. Rhetorical devices are the strategies used to communicate rhetoric to an audience. In essence, they’re thehowof how rhetoric works. Rhetorical devices can incorporate any of the four forms of rhetoric and, in some cases...