Rhetoric and Composition

By J. Barrett

If writing is so complicated and mysterious, can it be taught? Since Aristotle, great teachers have taught complex processes to their students by breaking them into smaller, more understandable processes. Aristotle thought that effective communication skills, like good math skills, can be learned and taught. Math teachers don't teach trigonometry to their elementary students; instead, they begin with addition and subtraction. Everything else builds on those simple processes. No one is born a mathematician. Similarly, while luck certainly plays a role in any successful writer's career, successful writers (or speakers) are not just born into the role--and everyone else is not just fated to flunk English. You can learn to write with substance and style. It takes work, but it is within your power.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0692254706
• ISBN13: 9780692254707
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Southern Cayuga
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.8" x 8.5"