Ancient rhetorics for contemporary students

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Ancient rhetorics for contemporary students

Sharon Crowley, Debra Hawhee

Pearson Education, c2012

5th ed

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Revives the classical strategies of ancient Greek and Roman rhetoricians and adapts them to the needs of contemporary writers and speakers.

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  • Table of Contents Preface Part One: Invention Chapter 1: Ancient Rhetorics: Their Differences and the Differences They Make Ancient Rhetorics: The Beginnings Comparing Ancient and Contemporary Rhetorics Extrinsic and Intrinsic Proofs That's Just Your Opinion On Ideology and the Commonplaces Language as Power
  • Language as Action Practice, Practice, Practice Progymnasmata Progymnasmata I: Fable Composing Fables Progymnasmata II: Tale Composing Tales Notes Works Cited Chapter 2: Kairos and the Rhetorical Situation: Seizing the Moment Ancient Depictions of Kairos Kairos, Change, and Rhetorical Situations Kairos as a Means of Invention How Urgent or Immediate is the Issue? Arguments and Interests The trigger and the damage done Freedom, yes, but which one? Power Dynamics in a Rhetorical Situation A Web of Related Issues Rhetorical Activities Progymnasmata II: Chreia Progymnasmata: Chreia Works Cited Chapter 3: Achieving Stasis by Asking the Right Questions On Inventing: How to Proceed The Importance of Achieving Stasis Theoretical Versus Practical Questions The Four Questions A Simple Example Expanding the Questions Questions of Quality: Simple or Complex Questions of Policy Using the Stases Rhetorical Activities Pro-life Arguments Pro-choice Arguments Progymnasmata III: Proverb Proverb Rhetorical Exercises: Proverb Notes Works Cited Chapter 4: The Common Topics and the Commonplaces: Finding the Available Means Aristotle's Topical System The Common Topics The Common Topic of Past and Future Fact (Conjecture) The Common Topic of Greater/Lesser (Degree) The Common Topic of Possible/Impossible Commonplaces and Ideology Commonplaces in American Political Rhetoric Using Common Topics and Commonplaces to Invent Arguments Rhetorical Activities Progymnasmata IV: Common-place Rhetorical Activities for Progymnasmata: Common-place Notes Works Cited Chapter 5: Logical Proof: Reasoning in Rhetoric Probabilities Aristotle on Reasoning in Rhetoric Deduction Induction Enthymemes Rhetorical Examples Historical Examples - Brief and Extended Fictional Example Analogy Similar and Contrary Examples Using Examples Maxims Signs Rhetorical Activities Progymnasmata V: Confirmation and Refutation Exercises in Progymnasmata: Confirmation and Refutation Works Cited Chapter 6: Ethical Proof: Arguments from Character Ethos in Ancient Rhetorics Invented Ethos Demonstrating Intelligence by Doing the Homework Establishing Good Character Securing Good Will Situated Ethos Rhetorical Activities Progymnasmata VI: Character Progymnasmata: Character Works Cited Chapter 7: Pathetic Proof: Passionate Appeals Ancient Teachers on the Emotions Emotions as Rhetorical Proofs The Characters of Audiences and Rhetors Composing Passionate Proofs Enargeia Honorific and Pejorative Language Rhetorical Activities Progymnasmata VII: Encomium and Invective, Description Exercises: Encomium and Invective Description Exercises: Description Works Cited Chapter 8: Extrinsic Proofs: Arguments Waiting to Be Used Extrinsic Proofs in Ancient Rhetorics Testimony Community Authorities Evaluating Community Authorities Proximate Authorities Data Evaluating Data Rhetorical Activities Notes Progymnasmata VIII: Introduction of Law An Opposition of a Law That Permits Assault Weapons Rhetorical Activities: Introduction of Law Works Cited Part Two: Arrangement Chapter 9: Arrangement: Getting It Together Ancient Teachings about Arrangement The Exordium, or Beginning Introductions Topics for Making Audiences Attentive and Receptive Insinuations The Narrative (Statement of the Case) The Partition The Arguments: Confirmation and Refutation The Peroration (Conclusion) Composing a Summary Exciting Indignation Toward an Opponent Or the Opposing Position Enhancing Ethos An Extended Example Rhetorical Activities Progymnasmata IX: Thesis Rhetorical Activities: Thesis Notes Works Cited Part Three: Style, Memory, and Delivery Chapter 10: Style: Composition and Ornament Correctness Clarity Appropriateness: Kairos and Style Ornament Sentence Composition Paratactic and Periodic Styles Figurative Language Figures that Interrupt Normal Word Order Figures of Repetition Figures of Thought Figures of Thought That Enhance Ethos Figures of Thought That Involve Audience Figures of Thought That Arouse Emotion Figures of Thought Borrowed from Invention and Arrangement Onomatopoeia Antonomasia Metonomy Periphrasis Hyperbaton Hyperbole Synecdoche Catachresis Metaphor Allegory Voice and Rhetorical Distance Rhetorical Exercises Notes Works Cited Chapter 11: Imitation Imitation I: Reading Aloud and Copying Imitation Exercise I: Reading Aloud and Copying Imitation II: Inhabiting through Practice Imitation Exercises II: Imitation Imitation III: Translation and Paraphrase Translation Paraphrase Paraphrasing Poetry Examples of Paraphrase Paraphrase Exercises Works Cited Chapter 12: Delivery and Memory: Attending to Eyes and Ears Ancient Commentary on Delivery Delivery of Oral Discourse Ancient Memory Ancient Memory Systems Delivery of Written Discourse Correctness Correctness: Traditional Grammar and Usage Visual Rhetoric Ocular Demonstration Textual Presentation Klavika: A sans for the 21st century Picture Theory Digital Rhetors Rhetorical Activities Notes Works Cited Glossary Appendix: Signposts in Ancient Rhetorics Bibliography Suggestions for Further Readings Credits Index

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