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The art and practice of rhetoric is crucial to human communication. Rhetoric allows people to compel attention, to convey information, and to influence and persuade one another. Applied in different ways it can invite or hinder meaningful conversation, enhance or obscure academic argument, and help resolve intellectual problems. In this chapter, we explain rhetoric, Aristotle’s rhetorical triangle, and the rhetorical situation. We also discuss how these shorthand guides (heuristics) for composing an argument can improve the teaching of communication in science.
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Kuchel, L., Rowland, S. (2023). Rhetoric, Influence, and Persuasion. In: Rowland, S., Kuchel, L. (eds) Teaching Science Students to Communicate: A Practical Guide. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91628-2_2
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