One of my all-time favorite posts on the Social Media Contractors blog is by one of our editors, Catherine: Me Talk Witty One Day: The Art of Social Media Rhetoric. First of all, I think it’s spot on, ...

One of my very favorite things to do is hang out with my granddaughter “CC” (a nickname I gave her). She is four years old and, although I may be just a little biased, is a cute little princess. On a ...

2300 years ago, the Greek philosopher Aristotle wrote down the secret to being a persuasive speaker. This secret forms the basis of nearly every public speaking book written since... In fact, many ...

Anyone who’s shed a tear (or a thousand) during Sarah McLachlan’s ASPCA commercial knows that as much as we might like to think of ourselves as purely logical beings, we’re often driven by our ...

Asking someone out requires a lot of bravery and charm - but according to one college student, the real secret to a successful date proposal is actually a masterful grasp of the English language and ...

Though it may be the particular purview of philosophers and Vulcans, we all use logic to find some semblance of objective truth. Most people like to think of themselves as reasonable beings, so a ...

University of Liverpool provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. Benn used a range of rhetorical and oratorical devices to make his powerful case. Specifically, these were ...

If you’re in college, chances are you have written a rhetorical analysis of a piece of writing before. Analyzing the tools authors use to influence their audience is a common assignment in most ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! President Carter speaking about the approach he has taken to utilize government to help alleviate economic woes. Many look at the election of 1980 as ...