Ancient rhetorics for contemporary students

摘要: Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. Ancient Rhetorics: Their Differences and the Difference They Make. INVENTION. 2. Kairos Rhetorical Situation: Seizing Moment. 3. Stasis Theory: Asking Right Questions. 4. The Common Topics Places: Finding Available Means. 5. Logical Proof: Reasoning in Rhetoric. 6. Ethical Arguments from Character. 7. Pathetic Passionate Appeals. 8. Extrinsic Proofs: Waiting to Be Used. ARRANGEMENT. 9. Sophistic Topics: Define, Divide, Conquer. 10. Arrangement: Getting It Together. STYLE, MEMORY, AND DELIVERY. 11. Style: Composition Ornament. 12. Memory: Treasure-House of Invention. 13. Delivery: Attending Eyes Ears. RHETORICAL EXERCISES. 14. Imitation: Achieving Copiousness. 15. Progymnasmata, or Exercises. Glossary Terms. Appendices. Bibliography. Index.