Welcome to the guide on Rhetoric and Composition! You will find resources and links to help you with research on rhetoric and to help you with writing.
How To Use This Guide:
Click the gold tabs above for more information and sources about rhetoric and composition.
Rhetoric: ˈrɛdərɪk/
The art of using language effectively so as to persuade or influence others...the study of principles and rules to be followed by a speaker or writer striving for eloquence, esp. as formulated by ancient Greek and Roman writers.
Composition: kɒmpəˈzɪʃən/
The due arrangement of words into sentences, and of sentences into periods; the art of constructing sentences and of writing prose or verse.
"Rhetoric." OED Online. June 2012. Oxford University Press
"Composition." OED Online. June 2012. Oxford University Press
Karalyn Skinner
Ellis Reference Intern
