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Arnold, Christa L.; Fadely, Dean – 1989
Television evangelist Jimmy Swaggart's public speech of apology following revelations of his sexual relationship with a prostitute provides the basis for a study of the rhetorical genres of apologia and compliance-gaining discourse. Apologia is public speech used by prominent persons to repair damage done to their reputations by allegations of…
Descriptors: Compliance (Psychology), Discourse Analysis, Persuasive Discourse, Public Speaking
Hughes, Loraye; Fadely, Dean – 1990
The 1988 vice presidential campaign became a quagmire for Dan Quayle and the National Republican Party. To regain their footing and rehabilitate Quayle, the Republicans adopted two classic strategies for coping (often studied in the academy): rhetorical apologia and minimal exposure. During the campaign, an accusation was made that Quayle used his…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Political Candidates, Presidential Campaigns (United States), Public Relations
Fadely, Dean – 1984
In the game-like world of competitive tournament debating, fiat power is simply another rule of the game, a way of saying "hypothetically" or "for the sake of argument let us assume this affirmative plan to be implemented." While fiat power is just a way of saying "let's pretend," there are limits to the pretense. For…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Competition, Debate, Persuasive Discourse
Fadely, Dean – 1986
The mirror state counterplan is a straightforward form of negative refutation used in debate in which the negative team proposes that each state enact a miniature version of the affirmative plan that was to be adopted on the federal level. For example, the 1981-82 national debate proposition resolved that the federal government should…
Descriptors: Competition, Debate, Federal Legislation, Higher Education
Fadely, Dean; Greene, Ronald W. – 1984
Many theoreticians have indicated that a major task of the nonpresumptive rhetor is to gain presumption, thereby shifting the burden of proof to the opposition. Rhetorically, Martin Luther King, Jr., sought to effect this shift in the burden of proof through the use of hierarchies of values. At the top of his value system was the love of God. The…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Discourse Analysis, Language Styles, Moral Issues
Fadely, Dean; Hamlett, Ralph – 1983
Of interest to curriculum developers, the materials in this paper pertain to the communication component of the prelaw curriculum initiated in the 1979-80 school year at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The materials include (1) a brief decription of the prelaw program; (2) information sheets for students considering the program;…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development
