Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student

by Corbett, Edward P. J.; Connors, Robert J.

• ISBN13: 9780195115420
• ISBN10: 0195115422
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-08-06
• Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PR

Summary

The most widely used textbook of its kind for courses in advancedcomposition and writing, Classic Rhetoric for the Modern Student discusses thethree vital components of classical rhetoric--argument, arrangement, andstyle--bringing these elements to life and demonstrating their effectiveapplication in yesterday's and today's writing. Presenting its subject in fiveparts, the text provides grounding in: the elements and applications ofclassical rhetoric; the strategies and tactics of argumentation; the effectivepresentation and organization of discourses; the development of power, grace,and felicity in expression; and the history of rhetorical principles. Numerousexamples of classic and contemporary rhetoric, from paragraphs to completeessays, appear throughout the book, many followed by detailed analyses. Thisfourth edition features a new section on the Progymnasmata (classicalcomposition exercises), a new analysis of advertisement in the Introduction, anupdated survey of the history of rhetoric, and an updated section on "ExternalAids to Invention".

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
I/ Introduction	1	(26)
Rhetorical Analysis of a Magazine Ad	2	(4)
Homer
"The Envoys Plead with Achilles"	6	(9)
Analysis of "The Envoys Plead with Achillies	9	(6)
A Brief Explanation of Classical Rhetoric	15	(2)
The Five Canons of Rhetoric	17	(6)
The Three Kinds of Persuasive Discourse	23	(1)
The Relevance and Importance of Rhetoric for Our Times	24	(3)
II/ Discovery of Arguments	27	(229)
Formulating a Thesis	27	(4)
The Three Modes of Persuasion	31	(53)
The Appeal to Reason	32	(1)
Principles of Definition	33	(2)
Other Methods of Definition	35	(3)
The Syllogism	38	(14)
The Enthymeme	52	(8)
The Example	60	(2)
The Fallacies	62	(9)
The Ethical Appeal	71	(6)
The Emotional Appeal	77	(7)
The Topics	84	(46)
The Commonn Topics	87	(33)
Special Topics	120	(10)
Manuel Bilsky
McCrea Hazlett
Robert E. Streeter
Richard M. Weaver
"Looking for an Argument"	130	(7)
Richard L. Larson
"A Plan for Teaching Rhetorical Invention"	137	(4)
External Aids to Invention	141	(33)
Biography	143	(4)
Books of Quotations and Concordances	147	(3)
Biblical Concordances	150	(1)
Indexes to Periodicals	151	(2)
Other Periodical Indexes	153	(4)
Handbooks	157	(5)
Dictionaries	162	(5)
Other Specialized Dictionaries	167	(1)
Bibliographies	167	(2)
Some Bibliographical Guides to Various Disciplines	169	(1)
Annual Bibliographies	170	(1)
Syntopicon	170	(4)
An Illustration of the Use of the Search Strategy	174	(10)
Readings	184	(1)
Rachel Carson
"The Obligation to Endure"	185	(10)
Topical Analysis of Rachel Carson's "The Obligation to Endure"	190	(5)
Socrates' Apology	195	(14)
Analysis of the Topics in "Socrates' Apology"	204	(5)
Obituary of Katharine Sergeant White	209	(5)
An Analysis of the Topics in Katherine sergeant White's Obiturary	211	(3)
James Madison
"The Federalist, No. 10"	214	(16)
Mark Ashin
"The Argument of Madison's Federalist, No. 10'''	220	(10)
Edmund Burke
"Letter to a Noble Lord"	230	(7)
Thomas Henry Huxley
"Science and Culture	237	(8)
Matthew Arnold
"Literature and Science"	245	(11)
III/ Arrangement of Material	256	(81)
The Parts of a Discourse	259	(32)
Introduction	260	(10)
Statement of Fact	270	(6)
Confirmation	276	(2)
Refutation	278	(5)
Conclusion	283	(8)
Concluding Remarks on Arrangement	291	(1)
Readings	292	(1)
Thomas A. Sancton
"Planet of the Year"	292	(9)
Analysis of the Arrangement in Thomas A. Sancton's "Planet of the Year"	297	(4)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Letter from Birmingham Jail"	301	(19)
Analysis of the Arrangements of "Letter from Birmingham Jail"	315	(5)
Henry David Thoreau
"Civil Disobedience"	320	(17)
IV/ Style	337	(147)
Grammatical Competence	339	(2)
Choice of Direction	341	(13)
An Adequate Vocabulary	341	(4)
Purity, Propriety, and Precision of Direction	345	(9)
Composition of the Sentence	354	(5)
Study of Style	359	(18)
Kind of Diction	361	(1)
Length of Sentences	361	(1)
Kinds of Sentences	361	(1)
Variety of Sentence Patterns	362	(1)
Sentence Euphony	363	(2)
Articulation of Sentences	365	(2)
Figures of Speech	367	(1)
Paragraphing	367	(2)
A Student Report on a Study of Style	369	(8)
Figures of Speech	377	(34)
The Schemes	380	(16)
The Tropes	396	(13)
Concluding Remarks on the Figures of Speech	409	(2)
Imitation	411	(37)
Testimonies about the Value of Imitation	413	(6)
Rollo Walter Brown
"How the French Boy Learns to Write"	419	(5)
Exercises in Imitation	424	(24)
Readings	448	(1)
Hugh Blair
"Critical Examination of the Style of Mr. Addison in No. 411 of The Spectator"	448	(11)
John F. Kennedy
"Inagural Address"	459	(13)
The Editors of the New Yorker: "John F. Kennedy's Inaguaral Address"	461	(2)
Analysis of the Style of John F. Kennedy's "Inagural Address"	463	(9)
A Paragraph by Virginia Woolf To Be Analyzed for Style	472	(6)
An Analysis of the Style of the Paragraph by Virginia Woolf	474	(4)
Analysis of Style as Persuation in the "Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Richard P. Fulkerson	478	(6)
V/ The Progymnasmata	484	(5)
A Sequence of Assignments	485	(4)
VI/ A Survey of Rhetoric	489	(55)
Classical Rhetorics	489	(8)
Rhetoric During the Middle Ages	497	(2)
Some Continental Rhetoricians	499	(2)
English Vernacular Rhetorics of the Sixteenth Century	501	(4)
English Rhetorics of the Seventeenth Century	505	(6)
English Rhetorics of the Eighteenth Century	511	(6)
Rhetoric in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries	517	(27)
Bibliography	544	(12)
Index	556