Aristotle and the Rhetoric Triangle

Classical discourse has three components: Rhetoric the art of persuasion; Grammar the art of speaking and writing clearly, and Logic (or analytics) the art of thought and reason.  Rhetoric explores the ability to inform, persuade, or motivate a particular audience. Aristotle defines rhetoric as “the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion.”   Rhetoric Triangle Logos, ethos, and pathos are three central components of rhetoric.  All good arguments, written, spoken or debated depend on them. Don’t worry if you have never heard of them before, they are easily learned.  In themselves they are not new…

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