Rhetoric:  The Art of Persuasion

Dr. Michael S. Russo

Mr. Theodore J. Baecher, J.D.

 

 

 

Topic

Text

Instructor's Notes

§ 1:

What is Rhetoric?

Rhetoric 1.1-2

Christian Doctrine 4a

Introduction to Rhetoric

Notes: Gorgias I

Notes: Rhetoric 1a

§ 2:

Three Types of Rhetoric

Rhetoric 1.3-15

Notes:  Rhetoric 1a

§ 3:

Rhetoric and Emotion Rhetoric 2.1-11

Notes:  Rhetoric 2a

§ 4:

Rhetoric and Character

Rhetoric 2.12-17

Notes:  Rhetoric 2b

§ 5:

Rhetoric and Argumentation

Rhetoric 2.18-26

Notes:  Rhetoric 2c

Logic in a Nutshell

§ 6:

Style and Delivery

Rhetoric 3.1-12

Institutes 1

Christian Doctrine 4b

Notes:  Rhetoric 3a

§ 7:

Arrangement

Rhetoric 3.13-19

Notes:  Rhetoric 3b

§ 8:

Improvisation and Humor

Institutes 2

Institutes 3

Notes:  Humor in Rhetoric

 


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