Hauser, Gerard A.

Introduction to rhetorical theory. / Gerard A. Hauser. - 2nd ed. - Prospect Heights, Ill. : Waveland Press, c2002. - xv, 303 p. ; notes; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-296) and index.

Contents: The eventfulness of rhetoric -- Rhetorical thinking -- Rhetorical opportunities -- Making commitments through rhetoric -- Public judgement -- Finding ideas -- Using good reasons to persuade -- Persuasiveness of character -- The passions -- Narrative -- Acting with language -- experiencing meaning in rhetoric -- Rhetorical form as strategy -- Strategic forms of argument structures -- Afterword: inviting rhetoric.

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Rhetoric.

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