Politics and rhetoric (course)

The Course

This course looks at rhetorical techniques when used in politics. Any books are optional.

The 11 Lessons

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   Lesson1: Introdcution to politics and rhetoric (72 words)

   Introduction: discuss what politics is and rhetoric is. Read good quality newspapers and magazines (e.g. Time, New Statesman, The Week etc.) http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm Print out a copy and annotate what you think are effective parts of the speech. Brainstorm ...

    
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   Lesson 2: Fallacy files (18 words)

   Introduction: this lesson is all about logical fallacies http://www.fallacyfiles.org/ Read and take notes on the first five sections of this website

    
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   Lesson 3: more logical fallacies (30 words)

   http://factchecked.org/LessonPlanDetails.aspx?myId=7&mySectionId=4 (enter url into google) Complete all the activities warming up with the informational sections which should be printed out and kept. Write an essay criticising one of the advertisements that has been seen.

    
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   Lesson 4: politics in practice (35 words)

   Introduction: this lesson looks at politics in practice with a case study http://www.bfi.org.uk/education/teaching/tvcitizenship/pdf/politics_k4.pdf For independent study: • Following on form the work about rhetoric,you should write an essay discussing the most useful techniques campaigns ...

    
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   Lesson 5: early rhetoric- Sophists (45 words)

   http://com.bradley.edu/faculty/lamoureux/website2/sophist1.html Spend a lot of time going through and understanding the terminology used. Pick one of the Greek playwrights mentioned and find a speech they wrote. Make ...

    
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