{"id":10628,"date":"2024-01-21T15:22:48","date_gmt":"2024-01-21T20:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/?page_id=10628"},"modified":"2026-01-28T19:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T00:46:12","slug":"aristotlebook2and3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/engl6166spring2026\/rhetspring2026january28\/aristotlebook2and3\/","title":{"rendered":"Aristotle&#8217;s On Rhetoric, Book 2 &amp; 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Books 2 &amp; 3 of <em>On Rhetoric<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>To make it easier to handle, I&#8217;ve separated the notes on Aristotle&#8217;s Books into different webpages:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/engl6166spring2026\/rhetspring2026january28\/aristotlebook2and3\/aristotleonrhetoricbook2\/\"><strong>Book 2<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/engl6166spring2026\/rhetspring2026january28\/aristotlebook2and3\/aristotleonrhetoricbook3\/\"><strong>Book 3<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<!-- \/wp:post-content -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:heading -->\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Mini-Rhetorical Analysis Examples<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>I hope we devote class time to looking at passages for their rhetorical effect(s). I don&#8217;t want to ignore the nuances of our figures, but, honestly, we&#8217;ll be glossing over lots because we can&#8217;t possibly cover everything. Again, we could spend an entire semester just on Aristotle&#8217;s <em>On Rhetoric<\/em>, but we have other figures to consider to help build our understanding of rhetorical theory broadly. I have links to passages and examples below:<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:list -->\r\n<ul><!-- wp:list-item -->\r\n<li><b>Some of these may be on multiple class webpages<\/b><br \/><!-- wp:list -->\r\n<ul><!-- wp:list-item -->\r\n<li><strong>ASPCA:<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspca.org\/news\/breaking-bad-news-slaughter-bound-birds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Breaking: Bad News for Slaughter-Bound Birds<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\r\n<li>If we\u2019re really needing obvious messages for rhetorical analysis:<!-- wp:list -->\r\n<ul><!-- wp:list-item -->\r\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/who-guidance-healthy-people-wear-masks-around-coronavirus-patients\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cWHO Guidance: Healthy People Should Wear Masks Only When \u2018Taking Care Of\u2019 Coronavirus Patients\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cell.com\/cell\/fulltext\/S0092-8674(20)31012-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>\u201cEmerging Pandemic Diseases: How We Got to COVID-19\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\r\n<li>Their article mentions\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Plague_of_Athens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cThe Plague of Athens,\u201d<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0which was a precursor to Athens\u2019 defeat by Sparta and their political decline in the Ancient Greek world<\/li>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list --><\/li>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list --><\/li>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/informationwanted.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Last Seen: Finding Family after Slavery<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\r\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/clintonwhitehouse5.archives.gov\/WH\/Accomplishments\/eightyears-05.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Clinton Presidency: Expanding Education Opportunity<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\r\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170118094202\/https:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/nclb\/overview\/intro\/execsumm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">No Child Left Behind<\/a><\/strong><!-- wp:list -->\r\n<ul><!-- wp:list-item -->\r\n<li>You&#8217;ll no doubt see policy similarities in these last two, but try to focus on the rhetorical similarities.<\/li>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\r\n<li>Ethos, pathos, logos<\/li>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\r\n<li>&#8220;Look at how much I\/we care&#8230;&#8221; rhetoric<\/li>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list --><\/li>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\r\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ursulakleguin.com\/lefthand-mills-college\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;Left-Handed Commencement Address,<\/a><\/strong>&#8221; Ursula K. LeGuin<\/li>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\r\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.battlefields.org\/learn\/primary-sources\/declaration-causes-seceding-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Declaration of Causes of Seceding States<\/a><\/strong><!-- wp:list -->\r\n<ul><!-- wp:list-item -->\r\n<li>You might be surprised to learn it was about States&#8217; right&#8211;singular&#8230;<\/li>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\r\n<li><strong>Georgia:<\/strong> &#8220;The prohibition of slavery in the Territories is the cardinal principle of this organization.&#8221;<\/li>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\r\n<li><strong>South Carolina:<\/strong> Mentions &#8220;slavery&#8221; 6 times, &#8220;slave-holding&#8221; 5 times.<\/li>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\r\n<li>Wait a minute&#8230;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2024\/jan\/01\/nikki-haleys-comment-on-the-us-civil-war-was-no-gaffe#:~:text=She%20retreated%20as%20if%20struck,do%2C%E2%80%9D%20Haley%20began%20haltingly.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2024\/jan\/01\/nikki-haleys-comment-on-the-us-civil-war-was-no-gaffe#:~:text=She%20retreated%20as%20if%20struck,do%2C%E2%80%9D%20Haley%20began%20haltingly.\">Nikki Haley&#8217;s from South Carolina<\/a><\/strong>, and she didn&#8217;t know this?<\/li>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list --><\/li>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\r\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/73905\/race-gender\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Like Race, Like Gender<\/a><\/strong><!-- wp:list -->\r\n<ul><!-- wp:list-item -->\r\n<li>The final paragraph is a better choice to analyze<\/li>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list --><\/li>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\r\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eZHsmb4ezEk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Intro to Francis Ford Coppola&#8217;s <em>Godfather<\/em> (1972)<\/a><\/strong><!-- wp:list -->\r\n<ul><!-- wp:list-item -->\r\n<li>I think I said not to do visuals, but you can definitely do that for this assignment.<\/li>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list --><\/li>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:heading \/-->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Books 2 &amp; 3 of On Rhetoric To make it easier to handle, I&#8217;ve separated the notes on Aristotle&#8217;s Books into different webpages: Mini-Rhetorical Analysis Examples I hope we devote class time to looking at passages for their rhetorical effect(s). I don&#8217;t want to ignore the nuances of our figures, but, honestly, we&#8217;ll be glossing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":598,"featured_media":0,"parent":12466,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10628","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2HAOx-2Lq","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/598"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10628"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12484,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10628\/revisions\/12484"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}