Techno-Rhetoric Cafe

I have an odd group of students this semester. I mean that in a nice way, really. The first week of class flew by and these kids are already deeply entrenched in the work we’re doing. They do their homework (something I can’t say for my other class) and they bring a diverse set of [...]

Last spring, there was a buzz in the air about the potential for standardized tests being used in our state colleges as an assesment of our programs. Personally, I hate standardized tests–I took them countless times throughout my primary school days (it seems we were always lucky enough to have the military move us just [...]

Focus of the Lessons–Style
kinds of style

grand style

smooth and ornate arrangements of impressive words

middle style

lower yet not the lowest and most colloquial class of words

plain style

brought down to the most current idiom of standard speech

Virtues of Speech

Correctness

Quality of style by which one speaks or writes [...]

So…I’m going to divide this post into two general parts:

Rhetoric in secondary composition education
Rhetoric in post-secondary composition education

Within each of those divisions, I will focus on four specific points

Facets of rhetoric that should be taught (rhetorical concepts)
Why it would be taught at this level
Benefit to the student if this material was taught at this level
Benefit [...]

That last entry is likely a bit confusing if you have no idea what a progymnasmata is. Now, generally, I would just say to you intelligent readers “more information on the progymnasmata is at the BYU Pedagogy page. However, since I am planning on including several more entries on this topic in the next [...]