This is an archived course. A more recent version may be available at ocw.mit.edu.
A statue of Socrates in Athens, Greece. (Image courtesy of Duncan Hull [dullhunk].)
Dr. Steven Strang
21W.747-1
Fall 2006
Undergraduate
This course is an introduction to the history, the theory, the practice, and the implications (both social and ethical) of rhetoric, the art and craft of persuasion. This semester, many of your skills will be deepened by practice, including your analytical skills, your critical thinking skills, your persuasive writing skills, and your oral presentation skills. In this course you will act as both a rhetor (a person who uses rhetoric) and a rhetorician (one who studies the art of rhetoric).
Steven Strang. 21W.747-1 Rhetoric, Fall 2006. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare), https://ocw.mit.edu (Accessed). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
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