Rhetoric Reader Gifts

'His best qualities are circumventing questions and evading answers.'

Changing Minds

Information...political rhetoric

"Mr. McMurdo has been called 'guilty as the day is long.' And yet, do not biblical scholars tell us a day can mean many things?"

Like Minded

'Actually, I think my use of hyperbole is not only iconoclastic, it is potentially revolutionary.'

The Truth

And now, for a rebuttal.

"Writing that book was a real strain."

Professor Dubreuil is blow away by the dynamic vitality of Dean Richmond's rhetoric.

"Smart stuff, Chip, but wise up and dumb it down."

Your logic is flaccid and your data suppositional, dawg!

Language of politics.

Vote For Me: The winning over of voters.

'Wow! Can't you just feel the safe-ness!'

"I'd like to start by saying that anything I say that will come back to haunt me will be something taken out of context."

Violent Rhetoric

What came first, the chicken or the egg

Lawyers - A peroration a la Demosthenes

'Hopkins, I want you to write me an inspiring, dynamic speech that bears my unmistakable stamp of genius.'

Opening arguments would begin after the intimidation round.

Vicar and Devil at the Pulpit

Inside the Candidates

NBS NEWS DIVISION, 'You've written a nice editorial on Sarah Palin here, but change 'said' to 'spewed,' and 'speech' to 'vitriol.''

"I don't know how he does it. He preaches entire sermons without using the words like, cool or awesome."

"Sure he riles up his base, but where's the positive message?"

'Oh, the irony! Just guess who gave me the welfare check I bought this sign with!'

"My platform can be summarized in a single word: Leadership!"