The Office of Assertion: An Art of Rhetoric for the Academic Essay

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The Office of Assertion: An Art of Rhetoric for the Academic Essay

A frivolous argument or inflated claim is often dismissed with the reply, "That's just rhetoric!" But as Scott Crider explains in The Office of Assertion, the classical tradition of rhetoric is both a productive and a liberal art. The ability to employ rhetoric successfully can enable the student, as an effective communicator, to reflect qualities of soul through argument. In that sense, rhetoric is much more than a technical skill

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Author(s)

Crider, Scott - Personal Name

Edition

Call Number

808 Cri o

ISBN/ISSN

9781932236453

Subject(s)

Rhetoric

Classification

808

Series Title

GMD

Text

Language

English

Publisher

ISI Book

Publishing Year

2005

Publishing Place

USA

Collation

143p

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