Az Eötvös-szónokverseny beszédeinek retorikai elemzése

Abstract

This study investigates twenty-four speeches from the final of the Eötvös József National Rhetoric Competition with the method of rhetorical analysis. The analysis assigns 2-5 statements to all selected criteria, and then investigates whether they are true for the performed speech. The criteria in the analysis are the following: rhetorical situation, speech type, logos / pathos, sources of argument, fallacies, train of thought, structure, elocution, and delivery. Contestants  reached  the  highest  scores  in  elocution  and  delivery, whereas  composition  and arrangement of  thoughts  were more challenging. Invention as a task of the orator includes the knowledge of the rhetorical situation and the speech type, as well as the selection of logos and pathos, and the invention of arguments. This study shows what techniques students used when they improvised and what other possibilities of modern rhetoric can help the invention of arguments.