PPT-A Short Introduction to Rhetoric

Rhetoric is the Art of Persuasive Language Writers and speakers use Rhetoric to convince readers and listeners to do something or to think something Think of every time you want to get your way You are using rhetoric without knowing it. Julie A. Oseid. University of St. Thomas School of Law. Minneapolis, MN. jaoseid@stthomas.edu. My knowledge about rhetoric. Abraham Lincoln - brevity. Kristen Tiscione. Thomas Jefferson - metaphor. Aristotle. What do the people in your church think about rhetoric?. How is rhetoric abused?. What did Plato think of rhetoric?. Are they right?. Socrates: “Professor . Stilley. , shame on you; how can you talk about rhetoric without first defining it?”. Mrs. Stephanie . Woit. Short Simple Sentences. A simple sentence, strictly defined has a subject and a verb: it consists of one independent clause. A simple sentence may have a compound subject, a compound verb, a modifier, and an object or a complement, but it still is one independent clause.. Why Should Students Care?. Lecture 1: CAT 125. Elizabeth . Losh. http://losh.ucsd.edu. . Who Will You Be in Two Years?. A graduate student? . A corporate intern?. A school teacher?. A medical school student?. A Brief Introduction. Adapted from Stephen . Harmon and Stanislav . Rivkin . All Images argue something, just like written rhetoric. But unlike written rhetoric, visual rhetoric may be less straightforward. It might require additional analysis to understand the argument . . Rhetoric is the . Art of Persuasive Language. Writers and speakers use Rhetoric to convince readers and listeners to . do something. or . to think something. .. Think of every time you want to get your way. You are using rhetoric without knowing it!. Philip Johnson: Rhetoric is the art of framing an argument so that it can be appreciated by an audience. .. Andrea Lunsford: Rhetoric is the art, practice, and study of human communication. John Locke: That powerful instrument of error and deceit. Chapter 1 . The Language of Composition. Created by: Stephanie . Woit. Definition. “the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion” ~ Aristotle. Key Elements of Rhetoric. 11AP Language & Composition. - Excerpts from Renee H. . Shea’s. . The Language of Composition. , Second Edition. What is it?. To many people, the word rhetoric automatically signals that trickery or deception is afoot.. “The ability, in either case, to see the available means of persuasion.”. --Aristotle, Greek philosopher. With a partner:. Pretend one of you is a parent and the other is the child. . Child-persuade your “parent” to consider buying you a new car when you turn 16. . Rising 9. th. . grade – Class of 2022. Information Night:. 2017-2018. Goals for today. Overview of School of Rhetoric. Expectations (Conduct/Academics). Opportunities. Dress . Code & Technology . It’s brief. . & incomplete. . But it packs a punch.. It doesn’t matter where you look, everyone defines rhetoric differently.. . . Rhetoric began 2500 years ago as the study of the . forms of communication and argument essential to public, political and legal life. in Ancient Greece. It has since evolved a rich and diverse body of research, texts, and pedagogies. This book belongs to:. ……………………………………. 1. 1. What is Rhetoric?. Do now: . Read the below, and summarise, in your own words, the 3 main points underneath.. What is Rhetoric?.