TY - BOOK AU - Hauser,Gerard A. TI - Introduction to rhetorical theory. SN - 1577662210 AV - PN187 .H38 U1 - 808 21 PY - 2002/// CY - Prospect Heights, Ill. PB - Waveland Press KW - Rhetoric N1 - 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. ER -