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Teachings about the art of oratory
A growing page on the teachings of rhetoric from the classic orators up to today's communicators.
http://www.de-oratore.de/ |
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Rhetorical Studies Resources
Resources in philosophy, metaphor, and other topics of interest to rhetorical studies scholars, from the University of Iowa.
http://www.uiowa.edu/~commstud/resources/rhetorical.html |
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Immediacy of Rhetoric
Doctoral thesis about immediacy of the internet as a rhetorical forum.
http://www.emunix.emich.edu/~krause/Diss/ |
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Persuasion Analysis
Approaches for analyzing persuasion in advertising and political rhetoric through the Intensify/Downplay schema.
http://www.govst.edu/users/ghrank/ |
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Rhetoric and Composition
A collection of online resources related to classical rhetoric, writing centers, and university rhetoric departments.
http://rhetoric.eserver.org/ |
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Rhetoric Links
Internet links on rhetoric and its theory. Particularly good collection of e-texts and background material on classical and early Christian rhetoric.
http://www.engl.niu.edu/wac/rhetnoteb.html |
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Democracy: Rhetorical Texts
A catalog of links to e-texts of important speeches, largely from presidents and historic feminist figures, with research resources. Compiled by Robert Ivie of the University of Indiana.
http://www.indiana.edu/%7Eivieweb/demtexts.htm |
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Rhetoric Resources At Tech
Created by faculty and students at Georgia Tech, this is nearly a textbook on the history, major figures, and key terms of rhetoric.
http://www.lcc.gatech.edu/gallery/rhetoric/ |
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The Forest of Rhetoric
A guide to the terms of classical and Renaissance rhetoric provided by Dr. Gideon Burton of Brigham Young University.
http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/silva.htm |
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Rhetoric and Composition Calls Fields Journals Listserves Moos Organizations Programs Terms
A portal for researchers and practitioners of Rhetoric and Composition.
http://www.rhetcomp.com |
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Kenneth Burke Parlor
References and discussions about Kenneth Burke, a prominent rhetorician.
http://www.home.duq.edu/~thames/kennethburke/parlor.htm |
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Modern Rhetorical Theory
Academic website with resources for rhetorical theory.
http://www.siu.edu/departments/english/acadareas/rhetcomp/modernlinks.html |
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The Power of Words
A description with examples of twenty types of emotional appeals, fallacious arguments, and other verbal manipulations that touch the heart and manipulate the mind.
http://www.aniota.com/~jwhite/words.html |
Additional
Information: According to Aristotle, rhetoric is "the faculty of observing in a given case the available means of persuasion." In contemporary terms, "rhetoric" is the social science that focuses on how to use language to create understanding and to change attitudes o
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