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[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

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I think it's time to work on elocution. In order to have a little fun with it, and because we are such a small class, we will be reading Fox in Socks alloud until it rolls off the tongue like a State of the Union address. Open your books...


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Continuing our discussion of the week, we've addressed sex and violence, but now I want to focus on the more subtle means of persuasion...things a cynical person may call "manipulation." You've all read, or at least opened, your book, so who'd like to chime in first?

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[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

If the skill itself is amoral, why is it usually used in a negative sense? I mean, what's the difference between manipulate and convince?

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

AHA! Precisely! What do you think Jack...what's the difference?

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

I think convince has kind of the sense of using logic, and manipulate has the sense of using emotions. If you convince someone, you're arguing with them. If you manipulate someone, you're... manipulating them.

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

And this goes back to the three basic appeals of Greek rhetoric, yes? Ethos, pathos, and logos.

I'm so glad you pay attention, Chip.

*Smiles at him warmly*