Decorum Kairos
It s about crafting serendipity like when the sun comes out at the end of a romantic comedy after all the conflicts are resolved.
Decorum kairos. Each of these must be balanced against each other strategically in. Several scholars point out that during the 18th century decorum which was a previously a complex generative concept was simplified into. Decorum invokes a range of social linguistic aesthetic and ethical proprieties for both the creators and critics of speech or writing.
Engaged listeners more persuasive shows relationship between us and those listening to our rhetoric audience acts 17 16 32 when the apostle paul was in athens he knew his audience. A central rhetorical principle requiring one s words and subject matter be aptly fit to each other to the. The concepts of decorum and kairos were vital to classical rhetoric but like many of their rhetorical counterparts were reduced to simple rules rather than the dynamic concepts they had previously been.
Like kairos decorum considers a wide range of social linguistic aesthetic and ethical proprieties and is tied to the rhetor and the audience.