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Yeah, Burke was essentially regarded as a god of rhetoric in all the classes I took at university -- up there with Aristotle, Cicero, Fisher, and Bitzer.
I would personally recommend Sonja K. Foss, more specifically one of the texts we used in a class called "Rhetorical Analysis and Public Discourse" - Sonja K. Foss - Rhetorical Criticism: Exploration and Practice [The book is a bit pricey but you can probably find it used and likely find many of the essays contained within online]
Foss breaks down the processes of rhetoric, then tackles the most commonly used rhetorical analysis techniques and provides examples and a framework for each. This book really helped me view rhetoric from both sides, as an author/rhetorician and as an audience member/rhetorical critic. Even if you're well-studied on rhetorical tactics, this book can help you understand it from both sides, as well as give you excellent guidelines to work within and a good history of the branches and aspects of rhetoric.
Cheers.