"What Do Teachers Need to Know About Rhetoric" provided a good review for last semester's studies. More importantly, Lindemann is adept at synthesizing the huge corpus of rhetorical theory and practice. This was helpful to me because the size and depth of this rhetorical "package" is more in line with what a teacher may pass on to her/his students in an English Comp class.
It was also good to revisit my old friend Longin us who "recognized enthusiasm as a respectable source of ideas" and that rhetoric did not always have to persuade, "it could also transport" (50). This philosophy has always appealed to me, and probably it is something I need to include in my literacy autobiography. To take Longinus a small step further, I would like to think that there is persuasion in transportation - everybody likes a little trip.
I agree, Cheryl. It was good to touch base with our rhetorical friends.
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