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ABSTRACT
Courses: Public Speaking.
Objectives: This unit aims to (1) illustrate the classical and contemporary utility of ekphrasis (“description”) as a genre of civic communication; and (2) introduce students to essential skills in public speaking, including invention, arrangement, and, in particular, style
Acknowledgments
The author thanks Margeaux Lippman Hoskins and Brad Serber for their insights on earlier drafts of this piece. He also thanks Kris Rutten, April Cobos, Tomasz Jackiewicz, Ana Vlah, and Martijn Wackers, who offered feedback on this project at the 2018 meeting of the International Rhetoric Workshop in Ghent, Belgium. Jennifer Y. Abbott and Michele Kennerly also provided invaluable encouragement and inspiration during the creation and implementation of this assignment. Finally, the author thanks the two anonymous reviewers, David H. Kahl Jr., Kathryn Golsan, and the editorial staff at Communication Teacher for their constructive comments on this essay.