Kairos — English definition
The sense of the opportune moment and audience — saying the right thing at the right time to the right people.
Where it is taught
- Rhetorical Analysis — Public Argument, Rhetoric & Competing Accounts, English 11: American Voices, Identity & Public Memory, Grade 11
Questions using kairos
Problem 1
In rhetoric, 'kairos' refers to…
- the opportune moment and audience for an argument
- the use of statistics
- a type of logical fallacy
- the speaker's credibility
Answer and explanation
the opportune moment and audience for an argument
Kairos is the sense of timeliness — saying the right thing to the right audience at the right moment.