Rhetoric
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Classical Rhetoric
UPDATED SYLLABUS 2019-2020 Date Assignment Aug. 29 Introduction and overview. Read Introduction to Rhetorica ad Herennium (esp. pp. xviii-xxi). Aug. 30 Read Rhetorica, Book I, pp. 3-23 (through para. VII). Outline and be prepared to discuss the five canons of rhetoric (p. 7), means by which they may be attained, the six parts of a discourse (p. 9), the four types …
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Classical Rhetoric — Syllabus
SYLLABUS 2016 Jan. 8 Rhetorica, Bk. III, pp. 157-173. Jan. 15 Rhetorica, Bk. III, pp. 173-195. Jan. 22 Rhetorica, Bk. III, pp. 197-205. Jan. 29 Presentation of speeches. Feb. 5 Rhetorica, Bk. III, pp. 205-end. Feb. 12 Rhetorica, Bk. IV, pp. 229-247. Winter Break Feb. 26 Rhetorica, Bk. IV, pp. 247-269. March 4 Rhetorica, Bk. IV, pp. 269-289. March 11 Rhetorica, Bk. IV, pp. 315-325. Spring Break March 25 Presentation of speeches. April 1 Continue speeches. April 8 Rhetorica, Bk. IV, pp. 289-301. April 15 Rhetorica, Bk. IV, pp. 301-315. April 22 Rhetorica, Bk. IV, pp. 315-327. April 29 Mock Trial. May 6 Summary review. May 13 Final Exam.
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Classical Rhetoric
RHETORIC 2014-2015 Syllabus Second Semester Jan. 5-9 Begin Lesson VIII. Read Aristotle, Bk. I, ch. 15 (pp. 83-88). Jan. 12-16 Continue Lesson VIII. Read Aristotle, pp. 88-90. Jan. 19-23 Begin Lesson IX. Read Aristotle, Bk. II, ch. 1 (pp. 90-95). Jan. 26-30 Continue Lesson IX. Read Aristotle, pp. 95-100. Feb. 2-6 Begin Lesson X. Read Aristotle, pp. 100-105. Homework: Assignment 10-1. Be prepared to discuss. Feb. 9-13 Continue Lesson X. Read Aristotle, pp. 105-111. Review …