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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Aristotle's opinion, what should a good birth lead to?
2. According to Aristotle, how did people in their prime view success?
3. How did Aristotle describe the difference between spoken and written prose?
4. As explained by Aristotle in Book II, Chapter 18, what was political argumentation concerned with?
5. As explained by Aristotle in Book II, Chapter 24, what else might a person equivocate?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Aristotle define the application of vivid descriptions in rhetoric?
2. Which rules for poetry and prose did Aristotle outline in Book III, Chapter 2?
3. What would the a fortiori argument refer to in rhetoric?
4. As the second type of example, what were the two forms of the invented facts?
5. How might the antithesis sayings emphasize a particular point?
6. In what way did Aristotle describe the differences between written prose and spoken prose in Book III, Chapter 12?
7. What were some of the ways Aristotle described what was and was not possible in rhetoric and oratory?
8. As explained by Aristotle, what four common mistakes were made while writing prose?
9. How did Aristotle compare a simile and a metaphor in Book III, Chapter 4?
10. What were the four ways that Aristotle listed about how objections could be raised?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain the many aspects and traits of virtue and justice, their value in epideictic rhetoric, and the techniques that Aristotle described for applying them to epideictic speaking.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze Aristotle's views on interrogation, including his advice for interrogators as well as his advice for a person that is being interrogated.
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the five non-technical forms of persuasion and how they should be used in forensic oratory. Also, include a description of just and unjust actions and your opinions about how an action should be labeled and/or approached in rhetoric.
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