Assignment:
Your assignment and discussion topic is the Rhetoric of Aristotle
Here is what you would do step by step:
The Rhetoric of Aristotle of your text (pages 275-286)
Describe/define the following individuals, concepts and ideas:
- Aristotle
- Rhetoric
- Inartistic proofs
- Artistic proofs
- Five cannons of Rhetoric-Invention, Arrangement, Style, Delivery and Memory
Then you will discuss the following concepts on D2L:
1. What are the functions of rhetoric according to Aristotle?
2. Discuss the concepts of Logos, Pathos, Ethos and Enthymeme
3. Discuss the specific components of Aristotelian ethos. How well has the concept of ethos held up under scientific scrutiny?