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Examples of Rhetoric. I found this article really helpful in that it not only gave examples of rhetoric but broke down the elements of rhetoric and how it came together.

Examples of Rhetoric. I found this article really helpful in that it not only gave examples of rhetoric but broke down the elements of rhetoric and how it came together.

Persuasion/rhetoric. Another great real life connection to rhetoric in our daily lives. This video breaks down the top 3 aspects of rhetoric Pathos, Ethos and Logos. It explains it based on a situation that happened a few years ago when a famous world renowned violinist played for free in a subway station, with all the passersby being unaware that is would usually cost over a hundred dollars to watch him play.

Persuasion/rhetoric. Another great real life connection to rhetoric in our daily lives. This video breaks down the top 3 aspects of rhetoric Pathos, Ethos and Logos. It explains it based on a situation that happened a few years ago when a famous world renowned violinist played for free in a subway station, with all the passersby being unaware that is would usually cost over a hundred dollars to watch him play.

Watching this video, which was linked within the introduction to rhetoric on the Purdue OWL site, helped me become cognizant of the origins of rhetoric and the historical background of the skill. It's a very good primer before diving into the readings.

This video defines Rhetoric loosely as the art of persuasion. However, it dives much deeper into the history and breaks down exactly what makes up rhetoric and what makes a good rhetorician.

After having read the first two chapters of the Designed Fundamentals for New Media book and the other required readings, I feel I was better equipped in regards to being able to identify the different methods of communication present, and understand why the author of the article referred to Obama's rhetoric as "predictable."

Interesting thoughts on rhetoric of design

Interesting thoughts on rhetoric of design

Interesting piece by James Fallows on "Escalation Rhetoric." Provides some insight into things we see happening today. 

Three-minute video on the history of rhetoric. Nice brief-yet-informative video on the basic concepts and other nice tidbits that provides good background knowledge.

"I want you!" Uncle Sam is a great example of a symbolic association, whether viewers see him as a symbol of patriotism or propaganda, he is definitely associated with America as a popular rhetorical device. This might be what I choose to use for my rhetorical design assignment this week...hmm...

This is a clip from a movie I watched in a debate class once. It's full of rhetorical scenarios as the protagonists is a promoter of tobacco products, and I thought it was a good example of rhetoric.

CBS News article I referenced in my ROD post this week. Points out the CDC's utilization of Aristotle's rhetoric appeals. 

This is a very descriptive outline of the history of rhetoric and how it has evolved from the classical period to modern day.

In the latest episode of his podcast, "Penn's Sunday School," Penn Jillette discusses the negative aspect of rhetoric. Beginning around minute 46 of the show, he describes the details of the article "12 Phrases Progressive Need to Ditch." In Jillette's oppinion, changing your words to placate your audience is not only manipulating, but also demeaning.

This article describes how to tailor specific phrase in order to persuade others to agree with your arguments.This emphasizes the understanding of pathos or audience as we learned in our readings about rhetoric

The New Yorker's Ezra Klein breaks down why a skillful use of rhetoric will not always help a President achieve his purpose. This goes back to the point that one's audience will have people who have differing purposes and, in many cases, it will be impossible to persuade everyone.

This notes page took an explanation of Roland Barthes'  a step further and explained each category in more detail and gives where each specific one comes up in the image.

This short presentation gave a concise, real world definition and application of rhetoric. The examples in this video were especially effective.

This article discusses in-depth detail the three pillars of persuasion ethos, logos and pathos used in Rhetoric. I found this article to be very informative and interesting.