Decorum Kairos

Decorum invokes a range of social linguistic aesthetic and ethical proprieties for both the creators and critics of speech or writing.

Decorum kairos. Though decorum sets a standard that standard can be considered to be on a continuum. It s about crafting serendipity like when the sun comes out at the end of a romantic comedy after all the conflicts are resolved. A central rhetorical principle requiring one s words and subject matter be aptly fit to each other to the.

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. Kairos is timeliness appropriateness decorum symmetry balance being aware of the rhetorical situation. Each of these must be balanced against each other strategically in.

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.