Require reading: Patricia Bizzell and Bruce Herzberg, eds. The Rhetorical Tradition: Reading from Classical Times to the Present. 2nd ed.New York:Bedford/St. Martin’s 2001 page 359-430
Your summary paper assignment is designed to introduce you to the process of reading texts of the rhetorical tradition—many or most of which will be new texts written in unfamiliar style.
Your summary should demonstrate recognition of the main claim of your chosen text, as well as adequate usage of the text to show how you arrive at that recognition. In writing your summary assignment, be sure to consult the introduction written for each author in your Bizzell and Herzberg textbook, as well as the general introduction for the unit.