Is rhetoric more about explaining truths

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Question: Think of an example from your life that addresses the following questions: is rhetoric more about explaining truths or about creating beauty? Can you articulate a beautiful untruth (i.e. a lie)? Can truths be beautiful or must they remain ugly? Have you ever shared an "ugly" truth?

You must mention kairos, polis, or engage the ideas of the Sophists, Gorgias, Protagoras, and/or Aspasia discussed in class from the Herrick textbook. Write your answer in the form of a narrative. Don't tell me. Show me.

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