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The Concept of Appropriateness as an Element of Style in Classical Rhetoric
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The canons of television: An application of the five canons of classical rhetoric to television program development
… program development based on the five canons of classical rhetoric. Ronald Primeau (1979) first introduced the canons to the electronic media. His book uses the canons as a guide to television viewing. He argues that by understanding the television industry, an audience can better enjoy the …
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A Rhetorical Analysis of Milton's Areopagitica
… thesis will be to analyze certain principles of classical rhetoric which exist, in the Areopagitica. Twentieth-century scholars have shown the extent of classical influence on the rhetoric of the Areopagitica in many areas. However, they have either skipped over or explained superficially some …
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A Rhetorical Analysis of Hilton's Selected Early English Poems
… this thesis is to analyze certain principles of classical rhetoric which exist in Milton’s early English poetry. More recent examples of this type of study occur in Sister Miriam Joseph’s Shakespeare’s Use of the Art of Language (Columbia University Press, 1947), Herbert David Rix’s Rhetoric In …
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Paul's use of 'Christ Rhetoric' in 1 Corinthians: a case study from 1 Corinthians 15:1-34
While many scholars have used classical rhetoric for the interpretation of 1 Corinthians, others have proposed alternate methods for the same purpose. The problem with these methods is that they are not based on a closer reading of Paul, rather they are based on different flavors of the rhetorical …
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Dr Sam Nujoma's rhetoric: An analysis of selected epideictic speeches during his tenure of office as President of the Republic of Namibia
… political communication, especially presidential rhetoric are scarce in Namibia. The researcher has come across only one study done by Mathe (2006) on Presidential rhetorical analysis in Namibia which focuses on President Sam Nujoma’s rhetoric. Therefore, the current study attempts to narrow the …
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Digital Rhetoric: Doing Things with Words Online
<p>It is through rhetorical principles applied to digital writing that online writers can be heard above the din confronting weary online browsers. The synergy between classical rhetoric and new media practices leads to persuasive and memorable digital writing. Despite the hurried clip and the …
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Rhetoric and the architecture of empire in the Athenian agora
… power through civic architecture and public rhetoric in the agora. A study of the parallel developments of architectural and rhetorical form , supported by previously published archaeological evidence and the well documented history of classical rhetoric, demonstrates that both served to …
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A Rhetorical Analysis of the Preaching of Asahel Nettleton in The Second Great Awakening
ABSTRACT A RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF THE PREACHING OF ASAHEL NETTLETON IN THE SECOND GREAT AWAKENING Terry Allen Leap, II, PhD. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2017 Chairperson: Dr. Timothy K. Beougher This dissertation examines the life and ministry of American revivalist Asahel Nettleton …
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Inexorable Burden: Rhetoric and Togetherness
… analysis to reassess longstanding notions in rhetorical theory and moral philosophy (via classical rhetoric and technical communication). In particular, I use diachronic analyses of the terms telos, symbouleutikon, and sympheron (from Aristotle to present) as a theoretical springboard to …
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A musical rhetorical analysis and performance perspective of Franz Berwald's Sinfonie singuliere
… and performers of instrumental music, utilizing rhetorical analysis for performance interpretation. As historical background, this study examines the relationship of Classical rhetoric and musical rhetoric from the time of the Renaissance through the early Classical period of music. The origins …
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Reklamos topika: persvazijos instrumentai /
Object of the dissertation research — the rhetorical topic in a discourse of written (visual) advertising. In the scope of this paper, the topos is approached as a category of argumentation: a specific argument, universal tool of persuasion and proof. In this dissertation, advertising is being …
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Homer and the Art of Performative Technical Communication
… communication, their arguments focus on rhetorical and poetic devices, such as tropes and schemes, to argue that technical writers could better serve their writing by using these ancient figures of speech. While such inquiries are useful, they have constrained and prevented inquiries that …
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The Progymnasmata: New/Old Ways to Teach Reading, Writing, and Thinking in Secondary Schools
… theorists have begun to look back to the classical rhetorical past for answers to modern dilemmas in composition teaching. Several textbooks have been published that focus their teaching of college composition on the classical tradition. While the movement to revitalize classical rhetoric …
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The Convergence of Discourse Analysis and Rhetorical Criticism in Luke 3-5
… within New Testament studies, two approaches, rhetorical criticism and discourse analysis, offer distinct interpretive methods. Both approaches are predicated on a close analysis of the Greek text, each one claiming to make a significant, even essential, contribution to elucidating the writer’s …
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Civil society and civil discourse: Eloquence and hope in the communications of presidents Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Barack Obama
… presidents have practiced Stoic principles of rhetoric to unify the American people, a practice that is understudied, and b) United States presidents have altered and extended those principles to allow room for appeals based on hope. The study situates presidential rhetoric within the larger …
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A rhetorical legacy: the art of memory's place in literature and semiotics
Classical rhetoric's five parts consist of invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery. The first three now enjoy privileged status in modern rhetorics, whereas the latter two have all but disappeared from view. Cicero's rhetoric certainly included all five canons of rhetoric. In De …
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Rhetorical strategies in the Fourth Gospel
… attempts to answer is, what are the persuasive rhetorical strategies that the FG employs to accomplish this goal? The scope of this study is limited to identifying two specific strategies and investigating how these strategies function to create a persuasive discourse. The principal methodology …
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History and analysis of oral interpretative activities.
… of elecutio, one of the five parts of classical rhetoric. Oral interpretation as a distinct field began with the early English elocutionists. An emphasis upon the mechanics of speech in the communication of literature led to the Mechanical School in oral interpretation. An emphasis upon …
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Fundamentos teoricos, desarrollo y proyecciones actuales de la linguistica del texto
… del texto", we have analyzed the influence of classical rhetoric and poetics, grammatical tradition and stylistics, as well as diverse linguists and schools, such as B. Malinowski, J. R. Firth, the Prague School, L. Hjelmslev, American structural linguistics, tagmemics, E. Coseriu, and …
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