Comments on: Rhetoric, part 1 (97) http://thewordnerds.org/2008/01/19/rhetoric-part-1-97/ A podcast about words, language, and why we say the things we do Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:54:40 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Brad Wing http://thewordnerds.org/2008/01/19/rhetoric-part-1-97/comment-page-1/#comment-55237 Brad Wing Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:43:53 +0000 http://thewordnerds.org/2008/01/19/rhetoric-part-1-97/#comment-55237 I really enjoyed this episode -- so much that I bought "Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student" I have been reading it and working my way through the syllogisms, and am up to the point of the book where they analyze Rachel Carson's "The Obligation to Endure" It's fascinating. I had always thought that rhetoric would be boring but given the current political back-and-forth, I can analyze the points that the politicians are making better and see where the logic makes jumps or encourages the listener to draw conclusions that he/she can plausibly deny later. Thanks for the pointer! Brad I really enjoyed this episode — so much that I bought “Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student” I have been reading it and working my way through the syllogisms, and am up to the point of the book where they analyze Rachel Carson’s “The Obligation to Endure” It’s fascinating. I had always thought that rhetoric would be boring but given the current political back-and-forth, I can analyze the points that the politicians are making better and see where the logic makes jumps or encourages the listener to draw conclusions that he/she can plausibly deny later. Thanks for the pointer!

Brad

]]> By: The Frame Game http://thewordnerds.org/2008/01/19/rhetoric-part-1-97/comment-page-1/#comment-37118 The Frame Game Sat, 16 Feb 2008 16:27:44 +0000 http://thewordnerds.org/2008/01/19/rhetoric-part-1-97/#comment-37118 <strong>Cicero ain’t got no podcast...</strong> Occasionally I encounter people who dismiss my interest in frame language by saying something like, “Oh, that’s just rhetoric. The Greeks and Romans invented that stuff centuries ago.” To me that seems accurate, but also incomplete a... Cicero ain’t got no podcast…

Occasionally I encounter people who dismiss my interest in frame language by saying something like, “Oh, that’s just rhetoric. The Greeks and Romans invented that stuff centuries ago.”
To me that seems accurate, but also incomplete a…

]]> By: Antonio Polo http://thewordnerds.org/2008/01/19/rhetoric-part-1-97/comment-page-1/#comment-35669 Antonio Polo Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:11:05 +0000 http://thewordnerds.org/2008/01/19/rhetoric-part-1-97/#comment-35669 Thank you very much for this new episode, it makes my english hearing in a good shape .. Thank you very much for this new episode, it makes my english hearing in a good shape ..

]]> By: Tristan http://thewordnerds.org/2008/01/19/rhetoric-part-1-97/comment-page-1/#comment-34609 Tristan Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:41:01 +0000 http://thewordnerds.org/2008/01/19/rhetoric-part-1-97/#comment-34609 Looking forward to this one! Looking forward to this one!

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