Techno-Rhetoric Cafe

Walter, Otis M. “Plato’s Idea of Rhetoric for Contemporary Students: Theory and Composition Assignments.” College Composition and Communication. 35.1(Feb 1984): 20-30. (Available through JSTOR)
Otis M. Walter’s informative article “Plato’s Idea of Rhetoric for Contemporary Students: Theory and Composition Assignments” suggests several ways Plato’s theory of rhetoric can be incorporated into a contemporary college writing classroom [...]

In Phaedrus, Socrates and Phaedrus delve into the argument of the lover versus the nonlover. Therefore, I thought it would be of interest to examine the strategic location Socrates chooses for the location of their discussion. While the dialogue reads as an instruction between teacher and student as Socrates aids Phaedrus in learning the keys [...]

I’ve just finished reading Plato’s Protagoras for my History of Rhetoric class and wanted to take a few moments to reflect on the dialogue.
Protagoras presents two dialogues to the reader that expound upon Plato’s educational philosophies. The first dialogue occurs between Socrates and Hippocrates and the second takes place between Socrates and Protagoras in [...]

While this was not my first reading of a Plato text, ( I read The Republic at some point in my educational career) it was the first time I had read anything dealing with his ideas of rhetoric and oratory skills. Phaedrus is a great text for anybody beginning studies in the field of Rhetoric [...]