Kenneth Burke: “A man can be his own audience, insofar as he, even in his secret thoughts, cultivates certain ideas or images for the effect he hopes they may have upon him; he is here what Mead would call ‘an “I” addressing its “me”’; and in this respect he is being rhetorical quite as though he were using pleasant imagery to influence an outside audience rather than one within…” (qtd in Jacobi, Martin. “The Canon of Delivery in Rhetorical Theory: Selections, Commentary, and Advice.” In Delivering College Composition: The Fifth Canon. Edited by Kathleen Blake Yancey. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook, 2006. 24)
Isocrates contends that “the more one writes about and speaks about what is worthy of praise and honor, the more one is effectively supporting honorable causes, and…the more on contemplates what is worthy of praise and honor, the more one habituates oneself to them and begins to feel their influence.” (Jacobi, Martin. “The Canon of Delivery in Rhetorical Theory: Selections, Commentary, and Advice.” In Delivering College Composition: The Fifth Canon. Edited by Kathleen Blake Yancey. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook, 2006. 23)
“Quintilian speaks of the importance of being able ‘to exhibit an emotion that cannot be distinguished from the truth’.” (Jacobi, Martin. “The Canon of Delivery in Rhetorical Theory: Selections, Commentary, and Advice.” In Delivering College Composition: The Fifth Canon. Edited by Kathleen Blake Yancey. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook, 2006. 23)
On Quintilian: “The head, for instance should be carried naturally and erect to secure grace; dropping the head is suggestive of humility, while throwing it back suggestive of arrogance; inclining it to one side indicates langour, while holding it stiffly and rigidly indicates a rude and savage temper.” (Jacobi, Martin. “The Canon of Delivery in Rhetorical Theory: Selections, Commentary, and Advice.” In Delivering College Composition: The Fifth Canon. Edited by Kathleen Blake Yancey. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook, 2006. 20)
On gesture in the Ad Herrenium: “Thus, the dignified conversational tone mandates that the speaker ‘stay in position when he speaks, slightly moving his right hand, his countenance expressing an emotion corresponding to the sentiments of the subject,’ and the pathetic tone of amplification suggests that the rhetor ‘out to slap one’s thigh and beat one’s head, and sometimes use a calm and uniform gesticulation and a sad and disturbed expression’.” (Jacobi, Martin. “The Canon of Delivery in Rhetorical Theory: Selections, Commentary, and Advice.” In Delivering College Composition: The Fifth Canon. Edited by Kathleen Blake Yancey. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook, 2006. 19)
“every emotion of the mind has from nature its own peculiar look, tone, and gesture”
(Cicero, qtd in Jacobi, Martin. “The Canon of Delivery in Rhetorical Theory: Selections, Commentary, and Advice.” In Delivering College Composition: The Fifth Canon. Edited by Kathleen Blake Yancey. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook, 2006. 18)
