Elements Of Rhetoric - Softcover

Richard Whately

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0461703327 ISBN 13: 9780461703320

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

Elements Of Rhetoric: Comprising An Analysis Of The Laws Of Moral Evidence And Of Persuasion, With Rules For Argumentative Composition And Elocution by Richard Whately is a 19th-century instructional treatise on rhetoric, elocution, and persuasive writing. The work combines logical analysis with practical guidance for teachers and students, defending the use of rules as aids to reasoning while warning against rigid, superficial forms of display. It lays out a four-part program—Address to the Understanding; Address to the Will; Style; Elocution and Delivery—plus an Appendix, and treats rhetoric as an extension of logic focused on conviction, persuasion, and effective expression. Whately argues for a natural, audience-centered delivery over artificial declamation, emphasizes ethical considerations and the dangers of sophistry, and draws on classical authorities such as Aristotle, Cicero, Demosthenes, and Bacon. The volume includes guidance on propositions, arguments, signs, examples, testimony, and the craft of clear, forceful communication, with attention to education, debate, and the cultivation of skill in speakers across professions.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461703327
• ISBN 13: 9780461703320
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 566