MIT OpenCourseWare
Classical Rhetoric and Modern Political Discourse
- Instructor
- Prof. Leslie Perelman
- Term
- Fall 2009
- Level
- Undergraduate
- What's inside
- 1 lecture note · 2 readings · 23 other files · 3 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 21W.747 Classical Rhetoric and Modern Political Discourse, Fall 2009, Prof. Leslie Perelman — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: none is claimed; materials are grouped by MIT's own sections. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Lecture Notes
10 files
- Class Introduction Download
- What is Rhetoric? Download
- Overview of Classical Rhetoric & Aristotle’s Rhetorical System Download
- Figures of Style I Download
- Eulogies and Figures of Speech II Download
- Plato’s Gorgias Gorgias & Figures Figures of Style II Download
- Points at Issue Download
- Figures of Style and Thought III Download
- Effective Oral Presentations Download
- Lincoln/Douglas Debate Download
Assignments
- Assignment 1 Download
- Assignment 2 Download
- Major Paper #1: Rhetorical Analysis of a Public Discourse Focusing of Ethos, Pathos, and Logos Download
- Major Paper #2: Rhetorical Analysis of Contrasting Arguments on a Single Topic Focusing on Points‐at‐Issue Download
- Major Paper Assignment #3 Download
Study Materials
9 files
- Study Guide for Plato's Gorgias Download
- Study Guide for Cicero’s De Inventione and Roe vs. Wade Download
- Reading Notes for Cicero De Inventione & Roe v Wade Download
- Background for Lincoln’s Cooper Union Address Download
- The Two Rhetorics: Design and Interpretation in Engineering and Humanistic Discourse Download
- The Medieval Art of Letter Writing: Rhetoric as Institutional Expression Download
- SAT Writing Essays Strategies Download
- Lincoln Douglas Debate Format Download
- Study and Discussion Questions for Aristotle’s Rhetoric Book I Chaps. 1-3 Download
MIT OpenCourseWare, Prof. Leslie Perelman, 21W.747 Classical Rhetoric and Modern Political Discourse, Fall 2009.
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