Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition
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Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition

Communication from Ancient Times to the Information Age

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eBook - ePub

Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition

Communication from Ancient Times to the Information Age

About this book

This reference guide surveys the field, covering rhetoric's principles, concepts, applications, practical tools, and major thinkers. Drawing on the scholarship and expertise of 288 contributors, the Encyclopedia presents a long-needed overview of rhetoric and its role in contemporary education and communications, discusses rhetoric's contributions to various fields, surveys the applications of this versatile discipline to the teaching of English and language arts, and illustrates its usefulness in all kinds of discourse, argument, and exchange of ideas.

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Index

A
Abbreviatio, 712
Abrams, M.H., 122
Absence, 179
Absolute, 98
Absolutism, 24
Abstraction, 448
Abundance, 234
Academic discourse, 192, 207
Academic writing, 248
Accessory ideas, 546
Accommodation, 519
Accumulatio, 1
Achilles Tatius, 661
Acronym, 712713
Actio, 12, 172
Action, see also Actio
concept of, 711
speech and, 172
symbolic, 91
Active listening, 636
Adalbert of Samaria, 37
Adams, John Quincey, 468, 469
Adaptation, 236
Addison, Joseph, 535
Addressee, 365
Addresser, 365
ADE Guidelines for Class Size and Workload for College and University Teachers of English, 69
Adherence, 565
Ad hominem arguments, 22
Adjacency pairs, 18
Admissibility, 246
Advancement of Learning (Bacon), 6162
Adversarial, 316
Adversaries, 316
Advertising, 34, 566567
rhetoric of, 23
Aelian, 662
Aeschines, 176, 358, 661
Aesthetics, 136, 374, 600601
Aesthetic stance, 644
Affect, 561
African-American, 201202, 732
African-American English, 7879
African-American rhetoric, 56, 658
Africana studies, 735
Africanisms, 78
“Against Androtion” (Demosthenes), 176
Against Eratosthenes (Lysias), 416417
Against the Sophists (Isocrates), 12, 301, 358, 682
Agency, 423, 750
Agricola, Rudolphus, 595
Aims, 249
Alamkara, 346
Alberic of Monte Cassino, 37, 216, 433
Alcuin of York, 67, 70, 212
Alexander, 303
Alexander of Aphrodisias, 15
Al-...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. A
  7. B
  8. C
  9. D
  10. E
  11. F
  12. G
  13. H
  14. I
  15. J
  16. K
  17. L
  18. M
  19. N
  20. O
  21. P
  22. Q
  23. R
  24. S
  25. T
  26. U
  27. V
  28. W
  29. Y
  30. Z
  31. Index