A long time ago, I wrote a tryptic of posts on the teaching of rhetoric. Here they are together:
How to Teach Like an Elizabethan Champion Part 1
A summary of the ways in which Elizabethan teachers drilled rhetorical structures.
How to Teach Like an Elizabethan Champion Part 2
Some of the key rhetorical forms and grammatical structures.
How to Teach Like an Elizabethan Champion Part 3
A comparison between the Elizabethan teaching of rhetoric and modern teaching of persuasive writing.
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