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A way with words : writing, rhetoric, and the art of persuasion

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  • Author: Drout, Michael D. C.
    Edition: Unabridged
    Date:
    Created
    2011
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    Copyrighted
    2006
    Summary:

    In this course, Wheaton College professor Michael D.C. Drout brings his expertise in literary studies to the subject of rhetoric. He examines types of rhetoric and their effects, the structure of effective arguments, and how subtleties of language can be employed to engage in more sucessful rhetoric.

    Contents:
    • How to do things with words : rhetoric and speech-act theory : how words can change reality
    • Rhetoric, sophistry, and philosophy
    • Audience
    • Structures of effective arguments
    • The enthymeme
    • The rhetoric of logic : truth and syllogisms
    • Logical fallacies
    • Logos, ethos, pathos
    • Figures of speech I : schemes
    • Figures of speech II : tropes
    • Grammar I : syntax
    • Grammar II : structure, punctuation ("Pause and effect")
    • Subtleties : word choice, speech patterns, accent
    • Rhetorical train wrecks and triumphs.
    Genre:
    Instructional and educational works, Social science
    Sujets: Discourse analysis | Language and languages | Rhetoric | Style
    Original Publisher: Prince Frederick, Md., [Prince Frederick, Md.], Recorded Books, [Distributed by] OneClick Digital
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781449869441