Converging Public Speaking and College Composition ©
     
CONTENTS
Preface  
SECTION ONE The Word and You
CHAPTER 1 Oral and Written Communication:
A Rhetorical Tradition 1
CHAPTER 2 The Citizen–Rhetor 25
CHAPTER 3 The Communication Process:
Why and How We Communicate 49
CHAPTER 4 Communication Anxiety 69
SECTION TWO Rhetoric and You
CHAPTER 5 Audience 83
CHAPTER 6 Purpose 97
CHAPTER 7 Ethical Communication 111
SECTION THREE Discovering and Developing Your Ideas
CHAPTER 8 The Art of Argumentation 125
CHAPTER 9 Evidence 141
CHAPTER 10 Arrangement: The Dispositions of Argument 161
SECTION FOUR Rehearsing Your Ideas
CHAPTER 11 Delivery: The Impressions We Give Our Audience 177
CHAPTER 12 Social Norms, Language and the Academic Style 205
CHAPTER 13 Rhetorical Analysis and Criticism 231
Index 241

 

  
 
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