Friday, September 2, 2016

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

1. Notes on rhetoric and persuasion

Rhetoric and Persuasion


What is rhetoric?  The art of finding the best available means of persuading a specific audience in a specific situation.

Elements of the rhetorical triangle:
Audience
Purpose
Writer (or speaker)

Purposes of rhetoric:
Persuade
Inform
Express

Three major rhetorical devices:
Logos
Pathos
Ethos

Other rhetorical devices:
Diction
Parallelism
Rhetorical question
Analogy
Allusion
Transfer
Testimonial
Plain folks appeal
Bandwagon
Name calling
Card stacking
Scare tactics
Overstatement
Understatement
Repetition

2. Catch up on All About Me presentations.

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