CART
Other versions by this Author
More New and Used
from Private Sellers
Ancient Rhetorics for Contemporary Students
by Crowley, Sharon; Hawhee, DebraEdition:
4th
ISBN13:
9780205574438
ISBN10:
0205574432
Format:
Hardcover
Pub. Date:
1/1/2009
Publisher(s):
Longman
List Price: $100.60
Rent Textbook
(Recommended)Term
Due
Price
Short Term
Aug 2
$25.15
Semester
Sep 26
$50.30
Quarter
Aug 17
$45.27
$25.15
Buy Used Textbook
In Stock Usually Ships in 24 Hours.
$3.56
eTextbook
We're Sorry
Not Available
New Textbook
We're Sorry
Sold Out
Starting at $0.01
Questions About This Book?
Why should I rent this book?
Renting is easy, fast, and cheap! Renting from eCampus.com can save you hundreds of dollars compared to the cost of new or used books each semester. At the end of the semester, simply ship the book back to us with a free UPS shipping label! No need to worry about selling it back.
How do rental returns work?
Returning books is as easy as possible. As your rental due date approaches, we will email you several courtesy reminders. When you are ready to return, you can print a free UPS shipping label from our website at any time. Then, just return the book to your UPS driver or any staffed UPS location. You can even use the same box we shipped it in!
What version or edition is this?
This is the 4th edition with a publication date of 1/1/2009.
What is included with this book?
- The Used copy of this book is not guaranteed to inclue any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included.
- The Rental copy of this book is not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. You may receive a brand new copy, but typically, only the book itself.
Related Products
Ancient Rhetoric for Contemporary Students with NEW MyCompLab -- Access Card Package
Ancient Rhetorics for Contemporary Students
Ancient Rhetorics for Contemporary Students
Ancient Rhetorics for Contemporary Students
Ancient Rhetorics for Contemporary Students
Summary
Revives the classical strategies of ancient Greek and Roman rhetoricians and adapts them to the needs of contemporary writers and speakers. KEY BENEFIT: Introduces the reader to classical strategies and adapts them to contemporary examples. Ethos, pathos, kairos, stasis theory. General Interest
Table of Contents
| Preface | |
| Ancient Rhetorics: Their Differences and the Differences They Make | |
| Some Differences Between Ancient and Modern ThoughtJust the Facts, Please | |
| That's Just Your Opinion | |
| On Ideology and the Commonplaces | |
| Rhetorical Situations | |
| Language as Power | |
| Rhetorical Activities | |
| Progymnasmata I: Fable and Tale | |
| Notes | |
| Works Cited | |
| Kairos and the Rhetorical Situation: Seizing the Moment | |
| Ancient Depictions of Kairos | |
| Kairos As a Means of Invention | |
| An Example of Kairos at Work | |
| How Urgent or Immediate is the Issue? | |
| Arguments and Interests | |
| Power Dynamics in a Rhetorical Situation | |
| A Web of Related Issues | |
| Rhetorical Activities | |
| Progymnasmata II: Chreia and Proverb | |
| Stasis Theory: Asking the Right Questions | |
| The Stases and Contrary Arguments | |
| Theoretical Versus Practical Questions | |
| Putting These Distinctions to Work | |
| What Happens When Stasis Is Not Achieved? | |
| The Four Questions | |
| Elaborating the Questions | |
| Using the Stases | |
| The First Example: Abortion | |
| A Second Example: Hateful Speech | |
| Rhetorical Activities | |
| Progymnasmata III: Confirmation and Refutation | |
| The Common Topics and the Commonplaces: Finding the Available Means | |
| Ancient Topical Traditions | |
| Aristotle's Topical System | |
| The Topic of Past and Future Fact (Conjecture) | |
| The Common Topic of Greater / Lesser (Degree) | |
| The Common Topic of Possible / Impossible (Possibility) | |
| Commonplaces and Ideology | |
| Commonplaces in American Political Rhetoric | |
| Using Common Topics and Commonplaces to Invent Arguments | |
| The Common Topic of Conjecture | |
| The Common Topic of Degree | |
| The Common Topic of Possibility | |
| An Extended Example | |
| The Example Embedded in a Rhetorical Situation | |
| Rhetorical Activities | |
| Progymnasmata IV: Common-place | |
| Notes | |
| Works Cited | |
| Logical Proof: Reasoning in Rhetoric | |
| Probabilities | |
| Aristotle on Reasoning in Rhetoric | |
| Deduction | |
| Induction | |
| Enthymemes | |
| Rhetorical Examples | |
| Rhetorical Examples - Brief and Extended | |
| Fictional Example | |
| Analogy | |
| Similar and Contrary Examples | |
| Using Examples | |
| Maxims | |
| Signs | |
| Rhetorical Activities | |
| Progymnasmata V: Encomium and Invective | |
| Works Cited | |
| Ethical Proof: Arguments from Character | |
| Ethos in Ancient Rhetorics | |
| Invented Ethos | |
| Demonstrating Intelligence by Doing the Homework | |
| Establishing Good Character | |
| Securing Good Will | |
| Voice and Rhetorical Distance | |
| Grammatical Person | |
| Verb Tense and Voice | |
| Word Size | |
| Qualifiers | |
| Punctuation | |
| Situated Ethos | |
| Rhetorical Activities | |
| Progymnasmata VI: Comparison and Character | |
| Note | |
| Works Cited | |
| Pathetic Proof: Passionate Appeals | |
| Ancient Teachers on the Emotions | |
| Emotions as Rhetorical Proofs | |
| The Characters of Audiences | |
| Composing Passionate Proofs | |
| Enargeia | |
| Honorific and Pejorative Language | |
| Rhetorical Activities | |
| Progymnasmata VII: Description | |
| Note | |
| Works Cited | |
| Extrinsic Proofs: Arguments Waiting to Be Used | |
| Extrinsic Proofs in Ancient Rhetorics | |
| Testimony | |
| Community Authorities | |
| Evaluating Community | |
| Authorities | |
| Proximate Authorities | |
| Data | |
| Evaluating Data | |
| Some Examples | |
| Rhetorical Activities | |
| Progymnasmata VIII: Thesis | |
| Progymnasmata IX: Introduction of Law | |
| Works Cited | |
| Arrangement | |
| Arrangement: Getting It Together | |
| Ancient Teachings about Arrangement | |
| The Exordium | |
| Introductions | |
| Topics for Making Audiences Attentive and Receptive | |
| Insinuations | |
| The Narrative (Statement of the Case) | |
| The Partition | |
| The Arguments: Confirmation and Refutation | |
| The Peroration (Conclusion) | |
| Composing a Summary | |
| Composing Appeals to the Emotions | |
| Enhancing Ethos | |
| An Example | |
| Rhetorical Activities | |
| Imitation I: On the Usefulness of Copying | |
| Works Cited | |
| Style, Memory, and Delivery | |
| Style: Composition and Ornament | |
| Correctness | |
| Clarity | |
| Appopriateness: Kairos and Style | |
| Ornament | |
| Sentence Composition | |
| Figurative Language | |
| Figures of Thought | |
| Tropes | |
| Rhetorical Activities | |
| Imitation II: Inhabiting Through Practice | |
| Notes | |
| Works Cited | |
| Memory: The Treasure-House of Invention | |
| Memory and Kairos | |
| Memory in Ancient Rhetorics | |
| Ancient Memory Systems | |
| Modern Versions of Ancient Memory Systems | |
| Cultural Memory | |
| Organizational Memory | |
| Literate Memory Systems | |
| Electronic Memory Systems | |
| Imitation III: Translation and Paraphrase | |
| Works Cited | |
| Delivery: Attending to Eyes and Ears | |
| Ancient Commentary on Delivery | |
| Delivery of Ancient Discourse | |
| Delivery of Written Discourse | |
| Spelling and Punctuation | |
| Traditional Grammar and Usage | |
| Visual Rhetoric | |
| Ocular Demonstration | |
| Textual Presentation | |
| Picture Theory | |
| Webrhetors | |
| Rhetorical Activities | |
| Works Cited | |
| Glossary | |
| Appendix: Signposts in Ancient Rhetorics | |
| Bibliography | |
| Suggestions for Further Readings | |
| Credits | |
| Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
