rhetoric

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Introduction
Rhetoric in literature
- The nature and scope of rhetoric
  - Traditional and modern rhetoric
  - Elements of rhetoric
  - Rhetoric of or in a discourse
- Rhetorical traditions
  - Ancient Greece and Rome
  - The Middle Ages
  - The Renaissance and after
- Toward a new rhetoric
- The rhetoric of non-Western cultures
Rhetoric in philosophy: the new rhetoric
- Nature of the new rhetoric
- Systematic presentation of the new rhetoric
  - Personal relations with the audience
  - Basis of agreement and types of argumentation
  - Scope and organization of argumentation
- Significance of the new rhetoric

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