Rhetoric, part 2–Tropes and Schemes: Howard Shepherd and Dave Shepherd continue their discussion of rhetoric by exploring tropes, schemes, and Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Grimace from the Word Nerds Forum corrects us on our example of a syllogism. (2:31) Content versus style; tropes and schemes defined; and some examples of tropes. (Note: despite what Dave says in this segment, Edward P. J. Corbett’s book Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student is only available in hardback.) (4:46) Music bumper from “Under the Stairs” by Sonic Deviant. (12:18) Schemes: a transference of order; shifts of structure in language (12:54) Song: “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” performed by The United States Air Force Band and the Singing Sergeants (29:15) Rude word of the week: blowhard (34:11) Music bumper from “Nada” by Jaime Beauchamp. (37:13) Next time we will examine some examples of rhetoric in public speech. (37:52) Dave reads Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. (38:39) Music courtesy of The Podsafe Music Network and the United States Air Force Band Theme music by Kick the Cat time: 42:48 size: 39.2 Mb rating: PG (Howard gives one slightly suggestive example of litotes.)

Author:  Dave

Duration: 42:48

Published: 2008-03-01

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