There were seven styles of speech that Hermogenes identified that also had a lasting impact on rhetoric and public speaking.

One of my all-time favorite posts on the Social Media Contractors blog is by one of our editors, Catherine: Me Talk Witty One Day: The Art of Social Media Rhetoric. First of all, I think it’s spot on, ...

All writing you do in a business context should be focused on audience needs and expectations. The rhetorical strategies you have learned in first-year composition or its equivalent will be very ...

When conducting rhetorical analysis, you’re attempting to answer "How and why a composer/speaker attempts to appeal to an audience in order to convey a purpose?" By explaining those ideas through your ...

We all use rhetorical structures – or rhetorical figures to give them their proper name. But, unless we’re skilled in their use, as politicians and advertisers clearly are, we don’t necessarily employ ...