Begin with the beginning

This blog is designed for those who are part of Texas Tech University's Rhetoric in Western Thought class, COMS 3311.001. The blogspace is here for students to ask questions, respond to my comments,and to give us a format for interacting with each other and the class materials.

So, what is rhetoric? How do you understand its essence and nature? If it has been studied for the past 2500 years why do so few people know what it is? How is the word "rhetoric" usually used? Is it in a positive or negative sense?

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