Courses
Practice the tools, one at a time.
Three short courses from Reclaiming Rhetoric. New to rhetoric? Start with the crash course, then build the habits with the classical exercises and the pentad. Each one opens in a new tab.
Start here · Crash course
Intro to Rhetoric
An interactive introduction through classical tools: what rhetoric is, the three species, ethos, pathos, and logos, the five canons, and arrangement, then practice on modern cases.
The progymnasmata
From Fable to Forum
Fourteen classical exercises, in order, from a fable to a public case. Retell, test a claim, then decide: you spot each move, then you build it.
Kenneth Burke · A Grammar of Motives
The Pentad Prism
A short instrument for Kenneth Burke's pentad. Name the deed, turn one term forward, and watch the explanation change while the act stays put.
The Foundations Series
The method, at full length.
Three 104-page visual guides, $7 each, with a free 15-page preview before you buy.
Reclaiming Rhetoric is independent and reader-supported.
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