Category Archives: 2nd Class Year

This year, none of my professors were requiring or even encouraging us to use ePortfolio. That being said, I began to work in VMI’s Writing Center this year and began to start saving my work for my own enjoyment and to utilize the free website to help promote myself.

Music’s Relation to Rhetoric

2nd Class Year, Archives, In Class Discussions, Rhetorical Traditions I

I may be wrong in my assumption, but I believe that Gorgias would say that music is not rhetoric.  In Plato’s Gorgias before Socrates asks, “With what is rhetoric concerned,” he asks Gorgias to confirm that “. . . music is concerned with the composition of melodies. . .” Gorgias confirms and then later again confirms that, … Continue reading Music’s Relation to Rhetoric →

Gorgias’ Definition of Rhetoric

2nd Class Year, Archives, In Class Discussions, Rhetorical Traditions I

When Socrates starts asking questions, it is not Gorgias who attempts to give the first answer.  Polus, rather comically, chimes in in place of Gorgias when Socrates asks what is the art in which Gorgias is skilled.  Polus pompously states that Gorgias is “one of the best, and the art in which he is a … Continue reading Gorgias’ Definition of Rhetoric →

Does Gorgias Truly Mean What He Says?

2nd Class Year, Archives, Thought Provoking

When Socrates starts asking questions, it is not Gorgias who attempts to give the first answer but Gorgias’ acquaintance Polus. He, rather comically, chimes in when Socrates asks, “In what art would you say Gorgias is skilled?”  Polus pompously states that Gorgias is “one of the best, and the art in which he is a proficient … Continue reading Does Gorgias Truly Mean What He Says? →

The Confederate Flag: Racist or Heritage?

2nd Class Year, Archives, Thought Provoking

Immediately after starting the discussion, a first classman attempted to sidestep the initial and main question of whether the flag was racist or heritage by saying that he thought it was both.  I somewhat agree that we should be empathetic to those that feel it is apart of their family as generation after generation was born … Continue reading The Confederate Flag: Racist or Heritage? →

Revision and Response to Rhetoric Discussion

2nd Class Year, Archives, In Class Discussions, Rhetorical Traditions I

During the in class discussion, many of my peers attempted to define rhetoric as persuasion and may have agreed with the, empty beautification of words definition believed by Plato.  Their opinions aside, I would still attempt to persuade them that to say that rhetoric is persuasive and used by those that wish to influence or … Continue reading Revision and Response to Rhetoric Discussion →

Defining Rhetoric

2nd Class Year, Archives, In Class Discussions, Rhetorical Traditions I

From what I understand, rhetoric is an idea that you are able to express to others regardless of the medium; be it written, spoken, illustrated, acted or any other form of expression.  Based on this definition, a rhetorician is anyone that has expressed or is expressing an idea that may be interpreted by an audience.  … Continue reading Defining Rhetoric →