Techno-Rhetoric Cafe

Fleming, J. David. “The Very Idea of a Progymnasmata.” Rhetoric Review. 22.2(2003): 105-120. (Available through EBSCO)
J. David Fleming’s “The Very Idea of a Progymnasmata” (2003) argues that the issue with using this classical method of writing instruction in the modern composition classroom lies not in the antiquity of the concept, but rather in the failure [...]

When I began teaching, I had a phenomenal mentor who passed on his endless wisdom through the two years we worked at the same institution. During these two years, I began to develop, as all fledgling teachers do, my own style. Then, I began on the path to pursuing my PhD in rhetoric and soon [...]

Logie,John. “‘I Have No Predecessor to Guide My Steps’: Quintilian and Roman Authorship.” Rhetoric Review, 22.4(2003): 353-73.
John Logie’s “I Have No Predecessor to Guide Me” (2003) asserts that Quintilian, contrary to scholarly opinion, was indeed an author of original material and not just a compiler of previous scholarship. Reviewing the current scholarship regarding the question [...]

“If you say it repetitively in class, the students will start to see how it fits into their own work and eventually it will become second nature to them. Dr. Tommy Boley imbued me with this wisdom to teaching grammar to students last year. While his advice came strictly from the point of view of [...]

Jacob, Bernard E. “What if Aristotle Took Sophists Seriously? New Readings in Aristotle’s Rhetoric.” Rhetoric Review. 14.2(Spring 1996): 237-52.
Bernard Jacob’s “What if Aristotle Took Sophist Seriously? New Readings in Aristotle’s Rhetoric” (1996) argues that the passages scholars often interpret as Aristotle’s scathing criticism of sophists in the first two chapters of the Rhetoric are, in [...]