I’m slowly tackling Presidents Creating the Presidency: Deeds Done in Words by Dr. Karlyn Kors Campbell and Dr. Kathleen Hall Jamieson.
The first chapter of the book deals with inaugural addresses and provides a helpful explanation of (a) what epideictic rhetoric is and (b) how presidential inaugural addresses fall under this category.
Presidential inaugurals are a subspecies [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Ancient Rhetoricians’
July 21, 2009
Say “Epideictic” Five Times Fast
June 17, 2009
Rhetoric Could Save Your Life
Did you know that, in ancient Greece, you had to learn how communicate persuasively and eloquently? Your rhetorical ability was a status symbol… like a purse or car or house today. Except this “status symbol” could save your life. In a day when each man pleaded his own case before a jury, the argument and delivery could [...]
