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Sonia Navarro

rhetoric: Definition, Synonyms from Answers.com - 1 views

www.answers.com/rhetoric

shared by Sonia Navarro on 10 Jul 10 - Cached
  • Skill in using language effectively and persuasively.
    • Georgia Cardwell
      Georgia Cardwell on 10 Jul 10
       
      rhetoric is a developed skill to persuade and influence effectively.
  • Principles of training communicators. It may entail the study of principles and rules of composition formulated by critics of ancient times, and it can also involve the study of writing or speaking as a means of communication or persuasion. Classical rhetoric probably developed along with democracy in Syracuse (Sicily) in the 5th century BC, when dispossessed landowners argued claims before their fellow citizens. Shrewd speakers sought help from teachers of oratory, called rhetors. This use of language was of interest to philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle because the oratorical arguments called into question the relationships among language, truth, and morality. The Romans recognized separate aspects of the process of composing speeches, a compartmentalization that grew more pronounced with time. Renaissance scholars and poets studied rhetoric closely, and it was a central concern of humanism. In all times and places where rhetoric has been significant, listening and reading and speaking and writing have been the critical skills necessary for effective communication.
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  •  Principles of training communicators. It may entail the study of principles and rules of composition formulated by critics of ancient times, and it can also involve the study of writing or speaking as a means of communication or persuasion. Classical rhetoric probably developed along with democracy in Syracuse (Sicily) in the 5th century BC, when dispossessed landowners argued claims before their fellow citizens. Shrewd speakers sought help from teachers of oratory, called rhetors. This use of language was of interest to philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle because the oratorical arguments called into question the relationships among language, truth, and morality. The Romans recognized separate aspects of the process of composing speeches, a compartmentalization that grew more pronounced with time. Renaissance scholars and poets studied rhetoric closely, and it was a central concern of humanism. In all times and places where rhetoric has been significant, listening and reading and speaking and writing have been the critical skills necessary for effective communication.
    • Andrew Miller
      Andrew Miller on 27 Aug 10
       
      Cool background on the roots of how the word came to be
  • Language that is elaborate, pretentious, insincere, or intellectually vacuous
    • Sonia Navarro
      Sonia Navarro on 30 Aug 10
       
      This definition is very different than the other three in a way that describes rhetoric when it is written or spoken.
  • Eric Holsclaw on 20 Jul 10
     
    I like this information you found and chose to use for rhetoric. I will have to bookmark answers.com I havent been to that site yet. Good job.
Mark McLoone

Fair Use and Copyright for Teachers - 0 views

home.earthlink.net/...research.htm

copyright fairuse education fair_use teachers

shared by Mark McLoone on 05 Feb 11 - Cached
  • Mark McLoone on 05 Feb 11
     
    This is a very good website, with descriptions of all types of copyrights that are able to be had. From written work, music and websites, this website shows what is appropriate to be copyrighted, as well as how to do so.
James (Mitch) Thompson

(D7, H1) Link 2: Digital History - 0 views

www.digitalhistory.uh.edu

shared by James (Mitch) Thompson on 12 Feb 11 - Cached
  • James (Mitch) Thompson on 12 Feb 11
     
    This site is of interest as it seeks to compile and make available a complete collection of historical documents, sorted and organized by area of academic or topical interest. Such a project is a prime example of the utility of a networked information age - students and teachers alike have direct access to primary source materials rather than depending on the analyses of others. Being physically distant from an important work is no longer a barrier to access. While not purely a link dedicated to the process of documentation, I think this is a valuable inclusion as an example of the power of digital documentation as an assistant to our own documentation.
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