Section outline

  • 'The School of Athens', a fresco by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael.

    Introduction

    Plato famously described rhetoric as 'the art of enchanting the soul'. This course will introduce you to the principles of rhetoric and train you to apply them to both written and spoken texts. Over the next twelve weeks, you will engage with and produce a variety of materials, such as political speeches, debates, and argumentative essays.

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    Miro

    Go to Miro and look at the section for week 1. There will be three tasks, one to be done before our tutorial on Wednesday and two that you do not need to do until afterwards. 

    • Week 1 Online Tutorial Collaborate
      Our first synchronous online tutorial will focus on establishing a joint understanding of what rhetoric is, when and where rhetorical methods can be helpful but also what some of the critical issues are that we will be discussing over the next nine weeks. For task 1, answer the questions, add your own and/or comment on other students' posts before the tutorial.
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    • Week 1 Resources Page