About the Use of Words, Not Politics

"Barack Obama’s inaugural address is proving to be more powerful in the reading than it was in the hearing."

A rhetorical dissection of President Obama's inaugural address by Dr. Stanley Fish, " ... the Davidson-Kahn Distinguished University Professor and a professor of law at Florida International University, in Miami, and dean emeritus of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago."

• Read the essay in the New York Times.
• A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples (link posted to the IWW discussion list by a member).