“About using language purposefully, in order to get something done in the world" (“What is Rhetoric").
3 understanding rhetoric and easy writer series#
This series is a step-by-step apprenticeship in the art of writing and rhetoric.A rhetorical analysis considers all elements of the rhetorical situation-the audience, purpose, medium, and context-within which a communication was generated and delivered in order to make an argument about that communication. What’s more, the exercises are cumulative, meaning that later exercises incorporate the skills acquired in preceding exercises. The exercises are arranged from simple to more complex. Each exercise is intended to impart a skill (or tool) that can be employed in all kinds of writing and speaking. It assumes that students learn best by reading excellent, whole-story examples of literature and by growing their skills through imitation. The Writing & Rhetoric series method employs fluent reading, careful listening, models for imitation, and progressive steps.
Yet how many of us would expect a child to sit at a piano, without piano lessons, and play a concerto? Writing is never automatic. The assumption is that because most everyone can speak English well enough to be understood, and form letters with a pencil, that everyone should be able to write well. Too often students are expected to tackle complex writing assignments without learning the necessary intermediate steps. Creativity uses conventional form as a stage or a springboard from which to launch grand jetés and somersaults. In other words, writing takes the same kind of determined study as ballet or diving. Many of history’s greatest writers learned by imitation. And yet, effective communication from writer to reader always requires some sort of form and structure. It takes imitation to task for a lack of freedom and personal expression. Modern composition scolds traditional writing instruction as rote and unimaginative. Students are often expected to write with no clear model before them. Our students will serve as apprentices to the great writers and great stories of history. What is an apprentice? It is a young person who is learning a skill from a master teacher. 9-12)Ī Creative Approach to the Classical Progymnasmata-Think of the progymnasmata as a step-by-step apprenticeship in the art of writing and rhetoric. About Christian and Classical Homeschooling.
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