These texts must be ordered directly from Canon Press, P.O. Box 8741, Moscow, ID 83843. While grammar involves the knowledge of facts, logic deals with arguments and the connections between facts, and rhetoric emphasizes the persuasive communication of facts. It is generally accepted that the study of grammar should come first, providing a foundation in the building blocks of language. Logic should come next as the science of thinking and analysis. Rhetoric comes last, as the use of language and logic in persuasive communication.
Rhetoric includes both written and oral communication.
B.C. The democratic government of Athens assumed that all citizens had an equal right and responsibility to participate in their government. Brian MacArthur, reprint ed. Walter Hamilton, Reprint ed. The second semester will move from theory to practice, learning , examining, and practicing actual speeches and arguments. This will mean reading speeches and passages out loud during class.