Classical rhetoric for the modern student / Edward P. J. Corbett.
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TextNew York, NY : Oxford University Press, ©1965Description: vii, 584 p. ; 23 cmSubject(s): LOC classification: - PN 175 C81 1965
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Includes index.
I INTRODUCTION --
Custodians of history --
Commentary on "custodians of History" --
Homer: The envoys plead with Achilles --
Commentary on "The envoys plead with Achilles --
A brief explanation of classical rhetoric --
The relevance and importance of rhetoric for out times --
II DISCOVERY OF ARGUMENTS --
Formulating a thesis --
The three modes of persuasion --
The appeal to reason --
The ethical appeal --
The emotional appeal --
The topics --
External aids to invention --
Readings --
III ARRANGEMENT OF MATERIAL --
The parts of a discourse --
Introduction --
Statement of fact --
Confirmation --
Refutation --
Conclusion --
Concluding remarks on arrangement --
Readings --
Further readings for the study of arrangement --
IV STYLE -
Grammatical competence --
Choice of diction --
Composition of the sentence --
Study of style --
A student report on a study of style --
Figures of speech --
The schemes --
The tropes --
Concluding remarks on the figures of speech --
Imitation --
Exercises in imitation --
Readings --
SURVEY OF RHETORIC --
Classical Rhetorics --
Rhetoric during the middle ages --
Some Continental rhetoricians --
English vernacular rhetorics of the sixteenth century --
English rhetorics of the seventeenth century --
English rhetorics of the eighteenth century --
Conclusion
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