Rhetoric
Rhetoric Midterm

In the text box, enter your question (label it QUESTION, in all caps) and directly beneath it your answer (ANSWER in all caps). Be sure to include your name in your post.

As a guide to the kinds of questions I'm looking for, use the 30 midterm review questions posted on the EXAMS page of the course website. As an alternative to writing out an answer, you can refer us to a particular page in one of our textbooks or a page (provide URL) on our course website. You may post as many questions and answers as you like up until the evening of the midterm exam. However, I will have finished making up the exam by Sunday night, October 21, so if you'd like to see your question considered for the exam, post it by Sunday evening. I can't promise that I'll use your question (or even a version of it), but the review should be helpful in any case. Each evening I'll check the postings on the forum and correct or delete any misinformation that I might find there. Posting questions and answers isn't a requirement, but there's not a single good reason not to post at least one Q & A.



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Subject:   Re: Q&A for Midterm Exam
Name:   LAURA STEPHENS
Date Posted:   Oct 19, 07 - 12:04 PM
Email:   ls1324@students.armstrong.edu
Message:   QUESTION (LAURA)
EXPLAIN THE IMPORTANCE OF AN EDUCATION IN LANGUAGE ARTS (ALSO TRIVIUM OR GRAMMAR,RHETORIC AND LOGIC) IN FACILLITATING THE RHETORICAL CONVERSION EXPERIENCE ACCORDING TO AUGUSTINE.

ANSWER (CAN BE FOUND THROUGH LINK TO "ST. AUGUSTINE AND THE PATRISTIC PERIOD")
THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION IN LANGUAGE ARTS IS TWOFOLD: THE ORATOR CAN ONLY RECEIVE GOD'S TRUTH BY BEING CAPABLE OF THE LANGUAGE ARTS TO TRANSFORM GOD'S IDEA FROM THOUGHT INTO SIGNS. THE SIGNS ARE THEN TRANSMITTED TO THE RECEIVER (PERSON TO BE CONVERTED), AND HE ALSO NEEDS TO BE CAPABLE OF THE LANGUAGE ARTS IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE MESSAGE. CONSEQUENTLY THE RECEIVER'S WILL IS ALTERED AND CONVERSION TAKES PLACE. AS THE TEXT PUTS IT: "TRUTH GUIDES ELOQUENCE WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN PROPERLY TRAINED IN LANGUAGE ARTS. IT ALLOWS YOU TO BRING THE MESSAGE OF GOD TO THE PEOPLE IN A WAY THEY CAN COMPREHEND. IN TURN, EDUCATION READIES THEM TO RECEIVE THE WORD."
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Re: Q&A for Midterm Exam by Karen · Oct 20, 07 - 6:54 PM
Re: Q&A for Midterm Exam by Nordquist · Oct 21, 07 - 3:04 PM


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