Rhetoric In Debate

Aristotle’s three “modes of persuasion, furnished by the spoken word” – ethos, pathos and logos  – offer a practical framework that can set us on the path to presenting success.  

• Ethos depends on the personal character of the speaker – what we bring th...

In A Modest Book About How to Make an Adequate Speech, writer and performer John-Paul Flintoff suggests that we “invent” what we want to say by asking six key questions:

1. Who are we talking to...

The elements of rhetoric, are what make the world go around—because they are what prompt the decisions people make. If you develop an understanding of how they work, while everyone else is frightened by flames and booming voices, you will be able to see behind veils of communication.

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