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INTD0103A-F24

Persuasive Storytelling

Persuasive Storytelling: An Oratory Lab
Imagine a gymnasium designed to increase, not your physical health, but your fitness as a speaker. The Ancient Greeks called it “progymnasmata,” a progression of fourteen exercises that began with storytelling, advanced through reasoning and ceremonial speechmaking, and only then, in lesson 14, allowed students to argue a thesis. This classical approach aligns with modern brain science: the most essential tool of persuasion is story. Like the progymnasmata, each class session in Persuasive Storytelling will feature a new speaking exercise building on the previous one. We’ll practice the rhetorical arts of pitching, advocating, and interviewing, but our primary focus will be on delivery; how we use the voice and body to captivate an audience and move them to respond.
Course Reference Number (CRN):
92652
Subject Code:
INTD
Course Number:
0103
Section Identifier:
A

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INTD0103A-F24 Lecture (Yeaton)