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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: Rhetoric is inescapable, and everyone uses it.
Chapter 2: Rhetoric is key to grasping history and humanity.
Chapter 3: Effective rhetoric starts by defining your claim and how you'll prove it.
Chapter 4: Aristotle’s second step in sound rhetoric is creating an ordered structure for the ideas you've already presented.
Chapter 5: Style, memorization, and delivery are the final elements of Aristotle’s five-part framework.
Chapter 6: The two primary uses of rhetorical oratory are political and judicial.
Description
Words Like Loaded Pistols (2012) is a guide to identifying rhetoric and using it to your advantage. These blinks use historical, contemporary and everyday examples to show how rhetoric is a part of everything we do, which is why it’s such an essential topic to examine.
Who Should Listen
- Anyone who wants to better understand the science behind political jargon
- Students and professionals striving to become better public speakers and writers