WRT 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Tisias
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Thesis sentence: explains purpose of paper: an example of theory (it is a generalization) Argument: aims to engender adherence in the reader. Arguments: used to get readers to agree, can and cannot excite emotion, this is also a theory. Sedimented practices: passed on almost as habits; acceptable method to do something: ex) formal argument. In the southern part of ancient italy, including sicily, before the romans and latin, most of the cities spoke greek. Sicily is the birthplace of rhetoric: archimedes lived in syracuse. There were law courts in syracuse, which consisted of citizens meeting in a forum (in an amphitheater). The accused was brought in and was able to argue their perspectives. This is referred to as (cid:862)(cid:272)usto(cid:373)ar(cid:455) k(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledge. (cid:863: customary knowledge ex) turn left at the tree that used to be there, corax (which means crow), was the nickname of someone who wrote this information down, crows are smart.
