文档介绍：第一节Rhetoric1,Thedefinitionofrhetoric2,Thedevelopmentofrhetoric3,Thepurposesofrhetoricalstudy4,;discourse修辞一词大体可以分为广狭两义:(甲)狭义:修,作修饰解;辞,作文辞解,修辞就是修饰文辞;(乙)广义:修,作调整解,辞,作语辞解,(fromGreek??τωρ,rhêt?r,orator,teacher)isgenerallyunderstoodtobetheartortechniqueofpersuasionthroughtheuseofspokenlanguage;however,,thereisadividebetweenclassicalrhetoric(withtheaforementioneddefinition),classicalrhetorichasitsinception(beginning)inaschoolofPre-SocraticphilosophersknownasSophists.(InAncientGreece,thesophistswereagroupofteachersofphilosophyandrhetoric).Itislatertaughtasoneofthethreeoriginalliberalartsortrivium(theothermembersaredialecticandgrammar),grammarconcerneditselfwithcorrect,accurate,pleasing,andeffectivelanguageusethroughthestudyandcriticismofliterarymodels,oncerneditselfwiththetestingandinventionofnewknowledgethroughaprocessofquestionandanswer,,consideredaslanguage;rhetoricistheartoflanguage,;,rhetoricissaidtoflourishinopenanddemocraticsocietieswithrightsoffreespeech,freeassembly,andpoliticalenfranchisement(election)-,--legalandpolitical--