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This idea seems naive to us today, especially after a parade of sliver-tongued, 20th century despots and scoundrels. In many cases today, we believe that too much skill in public speaking must be a sign of the speaker’s deceptive ability and intent. How far we’ve come from that Greek ideal. 71 But, like the Greeks, we still find the ability to speak effectively, or write well, a prime source of entertainment. Anyone who would engage the public sphere on issues of civic concern would do well to consider the canon of delivery, i.e., the conventions of modern speaking and writing. Read "" and answer the following questions. 1. Try to define the term rhetorical situation to a person outside of this class. What is it? What are its elements? Why is it useful to be able to identify and analyze a rhetorical situation? 2. How does Cline’s definition of rhetorical situation compare to other definitions provided by authors in this chapter? Where do they agree, disagree, and vary?