Author Archives: Nate B

This week in rhetoric we discussed began to read Nick Flynn’s The Ticking is the Bomb. We also read and discussed the second element of rhetoric from Leith’s Words Like Loaded Pistols, on style. Our following discussions were an introduction to keywords regarding rhetorical figures of amplification, contrast and parallelism, disruption, and reduction. During these discussions we notContinue reading “Lost in Delight”

This week in Rhetoric we read chapters three and four of The Central Park Five, discussed vocabulary from Words Like Loaded Pistols, and read chapters three and four of Introduction to Documentary. Chapters three and four of The Central Park Five expanded on the details of the criminal case, including an instructor profile of the victim, a highlighting of racialContinue reading “The Deception of Inartistic Logic”

This week of Rhetoric consisted of four passages of reading; two from Leith’s Words Like Loaded Pistols (WLLP) and two from Burns’ The Central Park Five. The first passage from WLLP, titled “on Invention” focused on the first of the “five parts” of rhetoric, the concept of invention. The idea of invention finds inspiration from Aristotle, who instructedContinue reading “First Rhetoric Blog”

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right. You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click theContinue reading “Introduce Yourself (Example Post)”