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According to Sonja K. Foss, author of the brilliant book, Rhetorical Criticism: Exploration and Practice, there are four steps to doing effective rhetorical criticism: Select an artifact to evaluate; Analyze the artifact with one or multiple rhetorical criticisms and analyses in mind. Reading chapter 3, Sonja Foss, outlines four weaknesses of the neo-Aristotelian method of rhetorical criticism. She writes that this method assumes that the primary role of a rhetorical critic is that of a teacher or practitioner, this method overemphasizes the importance of the immediate, short-term effects of the selected artifact, this method overemphasizes the importance of rational.

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Rhetoric Society Quarterly, the official journal of the Rhetoric Society of America, features original articles on all areas of rhetorical studies including theory, history, criticism, and pedagogy. The journal addresses an interdisciplinary audience of scholars and students of rhetoric who work in communication studies, English studies, philosophy, politics and other allied fields.

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