The First Part of Rhetoric: Invention - Invention

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Why is rhetoric a fuzzy art?

 

the five parts / divisions overlap and interpenetrate

What is the basic job of the rhetorician according to Aristotle?

 

to discover the best available means of persuasion

What are characteristics of the young people?

  • impatient
  • changeable
  • appetitive
  • ambitious
  • not yet mindful of money
  • sweet-natured
  • optimistic
  • idealistic
  • prefer virtue over interest
  • prefer companionship over competition
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What are the characteristics of the old people?

  • shrewd
  • sour tempered
  • crabbed with disappointment
  • many opinions but now knowledge
  • never leap wholeheartedly into a thing: maybe / perhaps
  • morose
  • live in memory rather than hope
  • are slaves to profit
  • prone to pity

What are the three different lines of argument or persuasive appeal according to Aristotle?

  1. ethos
  2. logos
  3. pathos

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