Rhetoric

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Rhetoric

A body of rules to produce an artistic text, written or spoken

Rhetoric Purpose

The purpose of rhetoric is to persuade: intellectually (docere) and emotionally (delectare, movere).

  • DOCERE: using LOGOS (appeal to reason), low style
  • DELECTARE: using ETHOS (appeal to charactern), middle style
  • MOVERE: using PATHOS (appeal to emotion), high style

Rhetoric Steps

How to acquire the methods of rhetoric?

  • ARS
  • IMITATION
  • EXERCITATIO

Rhetoric System

5 partes artis:

  • INVENTIO
  • DISPOSITIO
  • ELOCUTIO
  • MEMORIA
  • ACTIO