To: Michael Pennell
From: Chao Li
Subject: Three rhetoric ways to make a complex idea clear
Date: September 13, 2016
Introduction
The memo shows my understanding about rhetoric. “The Aggressive Egg” shows
that biased metaphors can impede science development. While the “Three
Meanings of Epistemic Rhetoric” shows rhetoric can affect human’s idea. I agree
that rhetoric plays an important role in human’s thought.
Discussion
Brummett discusses three meanings of epistemic rhetoric. To be simple, the first
meaning can be paraphrase as by the help of rhetoric, people are better able to find
the only one truth. The second meaning can be paraphrase as social realms truths
can be determined by rhetoric. The third meaning can