Rhetoric Archives

Trump Launches Leftist Attack Against DeSantis

by GA6th Staff | Mar 2, 2023 | Media Literacy, Persuasive Communication, Political Communication, Rhetoric, Straw man Argument

Most of Trump’s attack on DeSantis sounded very…Democratic. Accusing Republicans of wanting to cut, or completely eliminate, Medicare and Social Security? That could have come from the Democratic attack machine any time in the last 50 years. In fact, Trump’s attack resembled, in spirit at least, President Joe Biden’s taunting of Republicans at the State of the Union address on Feb. 7, when he accused the GOP of seeking to kill Medicare and Social Security

History of Rhetoric

by Dan Frank | Jun 29, 2020 | Rhetoric

This lesson is on the History of Rhetoric. It’s intended to help provide an understanding of the past so we can better predict the future.

How to Teach Civil Debate

by Jamie Morgan | Jun 8, 2020 | Building Consensus, Political Communication, Rhetoric

How to Teach Civil Debate Every community confronts divisive times. A healthy community has figured out how to have disagreements without being disagreeable. So, a key skill is teaching how to have a civil debate. The civicsrenewalnetwork.org offers a range of...

Communication with Diplomacy

by Jamie Morgan | Jul 27, 2019 | Persuasive Communication, Rhetoric

Communication with Diplomacy and Tact Defined generally as communicating in ways that instill good feelings in others and avoid creating bad feelings, communicating with diplomacy and tact requires specific linguistic and nonlinguistic considerations. This course...

2 Elements of Reasoning Well

by Jamie Morgan | Jul 11, 2019 | Decision Making, Rhetoric

Reasoning Well is Critical for Effective Decision Making There is much truth to the old saying that life is just one decision after another. That’s why decision-making is one of life’s major preoccupations. "Reasoning well" is an essential ingredient in...

List of Fallacious Arguments

by Jamie Morgan | Jul 10, 2019 | Rhetoric

Several of these have names in Latin, but I mostly ignored that and used English. If anyone is bothered by my using "he" everywhere, note that "he" is the person arguing fallaciously. Ad Hominem (Argument To The Man) Affirming The Consequent Amazing Familiarity...

There Is No Solid Evidence of Genetic Basis for Trans Identity

by GA6th Staff | Apr 4, 2018 | Conservatism, Information Management, Media Literacy, Rhetoric

A new study into the genes of those who identify as transgender has picked up decent amount of media attention. The Times in the United Kingdom hailed what it called a genetic “discovery” with the headline “Science pinpoints DNA behind gender identity.” LGBTQ Nation...