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Rhetoric

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Lecture 1: Roberts–Miller, Trish. “Understanding Misunderstandings: How to do a Rhetorical Analysis.” (PDF) 2008.

Lecture 2: Campbell, Karlyn Kohrs. “An Exercise in the Rhetoric of Mythical America.” In Critiques of Contemporary Rhetoric . Wadsworth Publishing, 1972, pp. 50–58. ISBN: 9780534001353.

Lecture 3: Hill, Forbes. “ Miscellany The Forum .” Quarterly Journal of Speech 58, no. 4 (1972): 451–64.

Lecture 4: Campbell, and Jamison. “Inaugural Addresses.” In Presidents Creating the Presidency: Deeds Done in Words . University Of Chicago Press, 2008. ISBN: 9780226092218.

Lecture 5: Ware, B. Lee, and Wil A. Linkugel. “ They Spoke in Defense of Themselves: On the Generic Criticism of Apologia .” Quarterly Journal of Speech 59, no. 3 (1973): 273–83.

Lecture 6: Wieman, Henry Nelson, and Otis M. Walter. “ Toward an Analysis of Ethics for Rhetoric .” Quarterly Journal of Speech 43, no. 3 (1957): 266–70.

Lecture 7: McCroskey, James C. “Ethics and Rhetorical Communication.” In An Introduction to Rhetorical Communication . Routledge, 2005. ISBN: 9780205453511.

Lecture 8: Zarefsky, David. “Plenary Address: Reclaiming Rhetoric’s Responsibilities.” In The Responsibilities of Rhetoric . Waveland Press Incorporation, 2009, pp. 13–24. ISBN: 9781577666233.

Lecture 9: Burkey, Kenneth. “The Rhetoric of Hitler’s ‘Battle’.” In Readings in Rhetorical Criticism . Edited by Carl R. Burgchardt. Strata Publishing Company, 1955. ISBN: 9780963448927.

Lecture 10: Hahn, Dan F. “Myths and Metaphors.” In Political Communication: Rhetoric, Government, and Citizens . 2nd ed. Strata Publishing Company, 2002. ISBN: 9781891136085.

Lecture 11: Lakoff, George, and Mark Johnson. “ Concepts We Live By .” In Metaphors We Live By . University of Chicago Press, 2003. ISBN: 9780226468013.

Lecture 12: St. Amant, Kirk., and Timothy D. Giles. “ Review of Motives for Metaphor in Scientific and Technical Communication .” Journal of Business and Technical Communication 24, no. 4 (2010): 540–3.

Lecture 13: Engels, Jeremy, and William O. Saas. “ On Acquiescence and Ends–less War: An Inquiry into the New War Rhetoric .” Quarterly Journal of Speech 99, no. 2 (2013): 225–32.

Lecture 14: Arts Fish, Stanley. “Introduction: ‘That’s Not Fair.’” In There’s No Such Thing As Free Speech: And It’s a Good Thing, Too . Oxford University Press, 1993. ISBN: 9780195080186. [Preview with Google Books ]

Lecture 15: Schwenk, Kurt. “ Aristotle’s Ghost ,” Creative Nonfiction No. 19 , March 2002.