Elements of rhetoric : comprising an analysis of the laws of moral evidence and of persuasion, with rules for argumentative composition and elocution / by Richard Whately ; edited by Douglas Ehninger ; foreword by David Potter.

By:

Whately, Richard, 1787-1863

Contributor(s):

Ehninger, Douglas

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Landmarks in Rhetoric and Public Address SerPublication details: Carbondale, Ill. : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2010.Edition: Paperback edDescription: 1 online resource (xlv, 479 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780809386123
0809386127
128069680X
9781280696800
9786613673763
6613673765

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Elements of rhetoric.DDC classification:

808 WHAT 22

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PE1402 .W6 2010eb

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Contents:

Cover; Book Title; Copyright Page; Foreword; Contents; Editor's Introduction; Preface; Introduction; Part I -- Of the Invention, Arrangement, and Introduction of Propositions and Arguments; Chap. I. -- Of Propositions; Chap. II. -- Of Arguments; Chap. III -- Of the various use and order of the several kinds of Propositions and of Arguments in different cases; Chap. IV. -- Of Introductions and Conclusions; Part II -- Of Persuasion; Chap. I. -- Introductory; Chap. II. -- Of the conduct of any address to the Feelings, generally.

Chap. III. -- Of the favourable or unfavourable disposition of the hearers towards the Soeaker or his opponentPart III -- Of Style; Chap. I. -- Of Perspicuity; Chap. II. -- Of Energy; Chap. III. -- Of Elegance; Part IV -- Of Elocution; Chap. I. -- General Considerations relative to Elocution; Chap. II. -- Artificial and Natural Methods compared; Chap. III. -- Considerations arising from the Differences between Reading and Speaking; Chap. IV. -- Practical Deductions from the foregoing views; Appendix; Index; Also in the Landmarks in Rheoric and Public Address series; Back Cover.

Summary: Direct, comprehensive, well organized, simple in statement, Elements of Rhetoric is in all respects well fitted to fulfill its assigned role as a textbook. The remarks on practical problems and the examples and analogies confirm contemporary reports that Whately was himself a talented and stimulating teacher. The modern field of speech was born near the beginning of the twentieth century, some seventy years after Whately wrote. But influential leaders in the new field endorsed Whately's judgments, and courses and textbooks in public address have remained st.

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Originally published: 1853. This edition originally published in 1963.

Includes bibliographical references.

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Direct, comprehensive, well organized, simple in statement, Elements of Rhetoric is in all respects well fitted to fulfill its assigned role as a textbook. The remarks on practical problems and the examples and analogies confirm contemporary reports that Whately was himself a talented and stimulating teacher. The modern field of speech was born near the beginning of the twentieth century, some seventy years after Whately wrote. But influential leaders in the new field endorsed Whately's judgments, and courses and textbooks in public address have remained st.

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