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You Talkin' To Me?: Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama Sam Leith
Publisher: Profile Books

A conference speech seeks to turn, and a great conference speech succeeds in turning, “me and you” into “we.” Hence the workmanlike To adapt Barack Obama's ploce that one should “disagree without being disagreeable,” then, the effective conference speaker will use repetition without being repetitious. You Talkin' To Me?: Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama by Sam Leith. Aristotle said there were three appeals that rhetoric could make: ethos, pathos and logos. Until I read a book just recently I didn't quite understand how important the mastery of this could be for leaders and managers too (and I don't mean the mastery of empty rhetoric!). Here are some notes on what to look for. Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama (Profile). The president gave a smash-hits selection of oratorical devices, from emphatic anaphora to substantial synthetonPresident Obama's second inaugural, as far as rhetoric goes, was the equivalent of a greatest hits album knocked out in " tempered"; "snow-capped peaks"; "that precious light of freedom"? The Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize was established in 1977 by the late Harold Hyam Wingate. Speaker: Sam Leith, columnist and author of 'You Talkin' to Me?: Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama' (Profile Books, 2011). Leith's book is, in fact, a magnificently entertaining romp through the intricacies of classic rhetorical technique from Aristotle to Obama. How to be an MP: Paul Flynn MP; You Talkin' to me? You Talkin' To Me?: Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obamaby Sam Leith. Jodie Foster's 'coming out' speech at the Golden Globes was beautiful. Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama is published by Profile Books. Come on, Barry, one wants to say. He traces the art of persuasion from its ancient origins to the modern world. His latest book You Talkin' To Me? €� Sam Leith is the author of You Talkin' To Me?