Persuasion in Democratic Politics

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 10.02.07

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Rationale
  2. Who am I?
  3. Strategies:
  4. Aristotle's Rhetoric of Anger and Calm
  5. Strategies
  6. Mytilenian Debate, Who persuaded better Cleon or Diodotus
  7. Strategies
  8. Cicero vs. Catilina
  9. Strategies
  10. Action vs. Inaction
  11. Strategies
  12. "Just words"
  13. Strategies:
  14. It's not what you say but how you say it
  15. Strategies
  16. Examples of Lesson Plan Outlines
  17. Bibliography

Educating Tomorrow's Orators

Adam J. Kubey

Published September 2010

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Bibliography

"American Rhetoric: Top 100 Speeches of the 20th Century by Rank." American Rhetoric: The Power of Oratory in the United States. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Aug. 2010. http://www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speechesall.html>.

"Aristotle's Rhetoric." ISU Public Homepage Server. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Aug. 2010. http://www2.iastate.edu/%7Ehoneyl/Rhetoric/index.html>.

Everitt, Anthony. Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician. 2003. Reprint. New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2003. Print. Against Catilina 87 and

Heinrichs, Jay. Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion. new york: Three Rivers Press, 2007. Print. Examples of Ethos, Logos and Pathos

Thucydides. The History of the Peloponnesian War: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics). Revised ed. London: Penguin Classics, 1954. Print.

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