September 10, 2009
Clip from toon by JohnCole, TheTimes-Tribune.com
This section of the blog article “Cause and effect in rhetoric” discusses how cause and effect arguments enter into Rhetorical Criticism of public address.
For the introduction to the article, go to Cause and Effect in Rhetoric Part 1.
December 11, 2008
Number of views
I am quite surprised to see that my Isocrates and Education post has achieved 269 views to date (note added Jan. 31: now it’s up to 350 views) , more than twice the amount of my Rhetorical Studies in Canada post. It looks like 1/4 of those viewers may have taken a look at my other Isocrates post.
Unsurprisingly, the U of C Educational Cultures post is very active since I posted it on December 07. I provided a link on our faculty’s email listserv, and posted a link on the Fine Arts discussion board. Our university is presently discussing the restructuring of our “Arts” faculties and will continue to do so in the coming months.
October 2, 2008
From: Austin, Gilbert. *Chironomia, or a Treatise on Rhetorical Delivery.* London: 1806. (Wikimedia public domain)
Like many rhetoricians, I am occasionally troubled by the frequency of negative ideas associated with rhetoric . A lot of people out there are criticizing bad rhetoric, and in doing so, they necessarily name rhetoric more in a negative light. It starts to carry the feeling of negativity even without a negative like “empty” in front of it. As a result, when I say “I study and teach rhetoric” it starts to sound like I just said “I study and teach verbal poop.”
Yet this may be a good thing, as a Cancer scientist studies Cancer not to promote it but to cure it. (more…)
