A mere oversight on my part about the question of the day for last week's class...what is rhetoric? There are so many definitions out there. To me it's two things -- (1) the study of words or communication that involves persuading, informing, entertaining, etc. or (2) the art of persuasion, conveying information to elicit interest, effect change, or entertain. My definition of rhetoric seems to be in line with Andrea Lunsford's definition: "Rhetoric is
the art, practice, and study of human communication."
Here's a list of various definitions of rhetoric from Stanford University's English department at: http://www.stanford.edu/dept/english/courses/sites/lunsford/pages/defs.htm
Thanks for following up. Nice URL. I like these definitions.
ReplyDeleteI have posted a list of composition terms that would be helpful for you to define for yourself. I'll draw from these terms for your final. See http://richrice.com/5060/keywords.docx.