Cockcroft, Robert.

Persuading people : an introduction to rhetoric / Robert Cockcroft and Susan M. Cockcroft. - 2nd ed. - Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005[cased] - xiii, 258 p. ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

Acknowledgements - Introduction: Rhetoric defined - 1. Personality and stance - 2. Pathos and emotional engagement - 3. Reason: the resources of Argument - 4. Reason: choice and judgement - 5. The persuasive process - 6. The persuasive repertoire - 7. Practising persuasion - Conclusion: fast forward.

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English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching.
Persuasion (Rhetoric).

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