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COMM 240: Rhetoric and Persuasion: Find Books

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LC Call Numbers

Books on Rhetoric are located in the stacks under P301-301.5. For details about specific call numbers (sub-classified by period, criticism, collections, individual authors, etc.) see the document below.

Rhetoric by Aristotle

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Electronic Books

Here are a few books that specifically focus on rhetorics, past and present, in America.

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A brief list of books located in the library about rhetoric. To find further resources, try searching the library's catalog.

Reference Books

Search Terms

Wordle: Studies in Rhetoric

Listed below are search terms for you to use when searching for resources about rhetoric.

  • "Visual rhetoric"
  • "Oral rhetoric"
  • "Political rhetoric"
  • Persuasion
  • Discourse
  • "Classical rhetoric"
  • Aristotle
  • Argument
  • rhētorikós
  • "epistemic rhetoric"
  • Oratory
  • Sophists
  • Inventio, Dispositio, Memoria, Actio
  • "Argumentation theory"
  • "Rhetorical criticism"

E-Books

Warner has access to a number of electronic book databases! The following links take you to them where you can search on a topic of your choice.