At this point we have read about several different eras of rhetoric. What similarities do these Renaissance rhetoricians have in common with their Grecian, Roman, and Christian counterparts?

Response Papers: These are short essay-style papers responding to a set of questions related to the reading for the particular class session. All papers should be typed and should be two-three (2-3) pages. Please make sure you use 12 point font, Times New Roman, and standard margins. Papers will be evaluated on: 1) deAt this point we have read about several different eras of rhetoric. What similarities do these Renaissance rhetoricians have in common with their Grecian, Roman, and Christian counterparts? monstration that reading has been completed, 2) application of concepts and ideas, 3) clarity of writing.
Reading Response 3 The Renaissance
1) At this point we have read about several different eras of rhetoric. What similarities do these Renaissance rhetoricians have in common with their Grecian, Roman, and Christian counterparts?
2) Agricola and his discipline Ramus focus much of their attention on the construction of arguments and limit how much eloquence of a speaker may matter. As a rhetorical student yourself do you feel that they were right in believing that eloquence does not matter and in fact can be a problem? Why or why not?
3) The humanists gave us a lot of different ideas that are classified as different subjects today. What are those subjects and what connection to rhetoric do they have

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