Revised Edition
The Speaking/Writing
Connection: A Rhetoric
David Ryan | Fredel Wiant
ABOUT THE BOOK
The Speaking/Writing Connection offers a freshly
modern but decidedly classical approach to
teaching rhetorical communication. The authors
synthesize the instruction of speech and writing,
believing that learning speaking and writing
is best achieved when they are taught together.
This combined approach is based on a premise that language
exists on a continuum and recognizes that literacy has its roots
in orality. Students who learn rhetorical communication this
way understand the immense practical benefits, recognize the
dialectical relationship between speaking and writing, and gain
an enhanced linguistic and rhetorical perspective on language as
a continuum of rhetorical experiences.
CONTENTS
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SECTION 1—The Word and You
Oral and Written Communication: A Rhetorical Tradition;
The Citizen–Rhetor; The Communication Process: Why and
How We Communicate; Communication Anxiety
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SECTION 2—Rhetoric and Your Audience
Audience; Purpose; Ethical Communication
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SECTION 3—Discovering and Developing Your Ideas
The Art of Argumentation; Evidence; Arrangement: The
Dispositions of Argument
SECTION 4—Rehearsing and Presenting Your Ideas
Delivery: The Impressions We Give Our Audience; Social
Norms, Language and the Academic Style; Rhetorical Analysis
and Criticism APPENDIX—Student Essay and Speech Outline
Writer’s Comments; Instructor’s Comments