修辞学1.ppt

English Rhetoric ;Course description;Assignments and Point distribution;Lead-in…;1. 琵琶起舞换新声， 总是关山别离情。 缭乱边愁听不尽， 高高秋月照长城。 ------王昌龄 《从军行》 2.I see a world without a slave. Man at least is free. Nature’s forces have by science been enslaved. Lightning and light, wind and wave, frost and flame, and all the secret, subtle powers of earth and air are the tireless toilers for the human race. --- Robert Green Ingersoll: A vision of War and a Vision of the Future;More… 1. Place the batteries over the band in the battery compartment for easy removal. When not using batteries for one month or more, be sure to remove them. If the batteries become weak, replace them with new ones as soon as possible. 2. I see a lily on thy brow, With anguish moist and fever dew; And on thy cheeks a fading rose Fast withereth too. --- John Keats (A haggard and heart-broken knight); What is rhetoric ?;1. A Brief Introduction to  English Rhetoric;definition and development;;Cicero and Quintilian’s Five Arts;Five arts: 1. invento (invention); 2. dispositio (arrangement); 3. elocutio (style); 4. memoria (memory); 5. pronuntiatio (delivery).;1. Invention is about the discovery of valid or seemingly valid arguments, mainly concerns who, what, when, where, how and why. This is the art of discovering a means for finding arguments on any topic. 2. Arrangement is about how to organize the proofs effectively. This is the method of organizing an argument. 3. Style is about diction and the organization of phrase, i.e., about effective sentences, clarity, force and beauty and using figures of speech.;4. Memory is the art of committing the speech to memory by mnemonic devices. A mnemonic relies not only on repetition to remember facts, but also on creating associations among easy-to-remember constructs and lists of data. 5. Delivery is the art of speaking concerning the speakers’ pose, tone, gesture, facial expression, and