I confess I have been lagging on this posting, but will begin in earnest again!
terminology Ethos, pathos haunt me and even in my sleep. In my waking hours I am talking or meeting new people and all I can think about is we are establishing pathos...did you know that?
commonplaces Participating in a political campaign has been illuminating. Watching regular business people try to use their usual professional commonplace in a political campaign has been entertaining in that, usual conventions, habits, beliefs do not apply but they did not get out of those, for the most part. Could not make the switch to a new commonplace.
composing to learn: I have been shredding and parsing arguments, oral and written nonstop since I learned more about false arguments, folly, straw men, red herring. Its been excellent for my personal life to have these tools; frustrating for the campaign because those I am working with have allowed themselves to be sucked into the rhetoric of the opposition and they want to spend time there instead of diffusing them and making more sense to the voters.
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