How Did Wayne Booth Teach The Art Of Persuasion?

Wayne Booth was one of the most influential critics of the twentieth century. He made an impact in American Literature through the combination of the study of literature with the study of rhetoric. His plan was to use a form of rhetoric to persuade an specific audience of a particular argument. Booth would describe his form of rhetoric as the art of persuasion, which he would describe as a triangle with 3 different factors. These factors would help anyone put their point across in the right way of using the “Rhetorical Stance”. Wayne Booth was one of many other critics that define art as an art. He believed that “it is possible, but difficult, to teach the art of persuasion”(198) which he would explain through the use of three different factors.