Columbus State Writing Center Repository: Rhetoric

Rhetoric

What is rhetoric? This tab includes resources for understanding the importance of your audience when writing as well as teaching and practicing “the art of persuasion.”

This series of videos, published by Arizona State University, introduce the many components of rhetoric, leading to how to compose a rhetorical analysis project:

• What Is Rhetoric?
• Connecting With an Audience
• When and Where? Context Part 1
• Remediation! Context Part 2
• Purpose and Rhetorical Appeals
• Presentation and Persuasion in Writing
• The Elements of Rhetorical Analysis
• Writing in Action: Creating a Rhetorical Analysis