August 30 After Class

After further discussing kairos in class I found it interesting how many things effect kairos.  I found it interesting that so many things could influence the moment or opportunity in which rhetoric would be well received and how all of these things worked together to create the perfect kairotic moment.  Specifically it was interesting how much influence context in the form of values and culture, such as commonplace, could effect the development of kairos.  Two pieces of kairos which I found easily understood, on the other hand, were timing and opportunity being that they both relate to making an argument in the most opportune way or time where it will be the most advantageous.  Audience was on the middle line between being very clear to me and not as much when it came to reasoning.  It would make sense that audience would effect when making an argument is most advantageous in that their mod may sway the effectiveness of the argument.  On the other hand, when opportunity arises to discuss an argument audience is not always interested on the focus, the book for example mentioned the shooting at Virginia Tech and that some preferred to focus on grieving rather than open discussions about gun control.