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=Rhetoric=
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A body of rules to produce an artistic text, written or spoken
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==Rhetoric Purpose==
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The purpose of rhetoric is to persuade: intellectually (docere) and emotionally (delectare, movere).
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*DOCERE: using LOGOS (appeal to reason), low style
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*DELECTARE: using ETHOS (appeal to charactern), middle style
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*MOVERE: using PATHOS (appeal to emotion), high style
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==Rhetoric Steps==
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How to acquire the methods of rhetoric?
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*ARS
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*IMITATION
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*EXERCITATIO
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==Rhetoric System==
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5 ''partes artis'':
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*INVENTIO
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*DISPOSITIO
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*ELOCUTIO
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*MEMORIA
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*ACTIO
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Revision as of 16:57, 4 May 2007

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