{"id":1174,"date":"2023-09-01T17:21:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T21:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/?page_id=1174"},"modified":"2023-09-08T20:11:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T00:11:00","slug":"what-is-rhetoric-a-choose-your-own-adventure-primer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/what-is-rhetoric-a-choose-your-own-adventure-primer\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Rhetoric? A &#8220;Choose Your Own Adventure&#8221; Primer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">William Duffy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Volume 5<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/15Duffy.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 15Duffy.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-4bdf2425-83ab-4d70-a293-964b5012edcc\" href=\"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/15Duffy.pdf\">15Duffy<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/15Duffy.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-4bdf2425-83ab-4d70-a293-964b5012edcc\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chapter Description<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Providing an introduction to rhetoric is a foundational component of most first-year writing courses.1 Discussion of rhetorical appeals, for example, is standard fair in these contexts, as are activities that ask students to develop an appreciation for rhetorical situations, audiences, purposes, and even more nuanced concepts such as <em>kairos <\/em>and genre. Unfortunately, it\u2019s easy for these concepts\u2014along with the idea of rhetoric itself\u2014to get taken up in these contexts as yet another set of keywords that have static and\/or underdeveloped definitions, which in turn limits the ability for students to productively wrestle with the complexities of rhetoric as a resource for their own development as writers. This essay serves as an introduction to rhetoric, but it does so through the medium of a \u201cchoose your own adventure\u201d narrative. Divided into ten sections, each of which contains a handful of rhetoric definitions that highlight one of its many qualities, this essay invites students to let their own interests guide how they come to understand rhetoric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alternate Downloads:&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You may also download this chapter from Parlor Press or WAC Clearinghouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Writing Spaces is published in partnership with&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.parlorpress.com\/\">Parlor Press<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/wac.colostate.edu\/\">WAC Clearinghouse<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William Duffy Volume 5 Chapter Description Providing an introduction to rhetoric is a foundational component of most first-year writing courses.1 Discussion of rhetorical appeals, for example, is standard fair in these contexts, as are 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