"What is Rhetoric" and "Glossary of Major Concepts..." by Covino and Jolliffe

Rhetoric, along with the other ancient arts of discourse, plays an integral part in shaping our modern understanding of language and how we use it to appeal to various situations and stances among a variety of different communication situations. While the article does quite a bit to level out the playing field so to speak, Covino and Jolliffe do not go as in depth as Yancey did in our previous studies; but of course, this is more so a definition and series of subordinate definitions pertaining to the greater subject, which is, of course, Rhetoric and its foundations. Some of the words and ideas discussed and defined in the piece are of course of great importance, but it seems that they are merely grazed upon in various aspects, and I would prefer for more explanation when it comes to things such as Pathos (other then the basis of Aristotelian thought), and in some instances, the explanations were somewhat unclear, but regardless the piece gives the reader a clear and relatively concise understanding of what Rhetoric is, where it's come from, and what we can use from it to better our communication skills with one another