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RHETORICAL THEORY CANONS OF RHETORIC (INVENTION (Commonplaces (TOPICS…
RHETORICAL THEORY
CANONS OF RHETORIC
INVENTION
Appeals theory
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
Impossible to forgo
Wit/humor
Commonplaces
(TOPICS THEORY)
Connected terms
Genus and species
(General categories and specific things in categories)
Opposites
Similarities and differences
Attendant circumstances
(coincidences that must connect)
Consistencies, antecedents, and contradictions
(Things/events that logically or illogically flow together)
Causes and effects
Greater/equal/lesser
STASIS THEORY
(CICERONIAN)
Acquisition of knowledge
Conjecture
(factual inference)
Fact
Cause
Origin
Change
Definition
(legal)
Quality
Absolute
Assumptive
Practical action
ARRANGEMENT
Natural
Prologue
(ethos)
Narration
Prove/refute/arguments
(logos)
Epilogue
(pathos)
Artificial
Types of speech
Judicial
(Past)
Epideictic
(Present)
CELEBRATION
Speech
Praise/blame
Persons
Before life
Homeland
Parents
Ancestors
During life
Mind
Body
Fortune
After life
Acts (deeds)
Circumstances
Confirmation
Things
Confirmation
Logic
Deliberative
(Future)
How?
Should we?
SENATE
One on one
Multiple people talking to each other
STYLE
4 virtues
Appropriateness
Distinction
Clarity
Latin
MEMORY
DELIVERY
NATURAL ABILITY
PRACTICE
Imitation
Exercises
Progymnasmata
Speech