Dr. Ted Stanley, a writer, lecturer, and media presenter, has released a new book, “Words That Moved a Nation: King and Kennedy, the Power of Persuasion in Public Life,” examining the rhetorical tools ...

Rhetoric is a system of study that originated in Western society as a technique for effective expression in art and ...

If there are two definitive features of ancient Greek civilization, they are loquacity and competition. - Lawson-Tancred (1991) in an introduction to Aristotle's The art of rhetoric. Textbooks in ...

Young Rahm Emanuel passed on a scholarship to the Joffrey Ballet and went on to earn his master’s in communication studies at Northwestern, where his studies included rhetoric and argumentation. But ...

Attempts to persuade may be argumentative or non-argumentative. Non-argumentative means of persuasion include making eyes, brushing hands, and putting a good meal onto the table. But much more common, ...

This engaging, student-friendly introductory lesson provides the perfect foundation for a unit on persuasion, rhetoric or non-fiction writing. Designed to introduce students to the purpose, power and ...

We are living in a contentious time in history. Fundamental disagreements on critical policy, economic, and political issues make it essential to learn how to compose an effectiveargument and to ...

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Statue of Aristotle at the Athens Academy in Greece.. Photo: Getty Images What does a man born in 384 BCE have to teach the modern writer? A lot. When I teach persuasive writing, participants are ...