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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. Which one of the following was not included by Aristotle in the forms of surprises he mentioned?

2. How did Aristotle describe vivid speech?

3. As explained by Aristotle in Book II, Chapter 18, what was political argumentation concerned with?

4. Using the same example in the previous question, why did Aristotle think a blossoming flower was a better choice for the metaphor?

5. What did Aristotle think orators should be careful of when writing their speeches?

Short Essay Questions

1. As the second type of example, what were the two forms of the invented facts?

2. How did Aristotle explain the different kinds of arguments used by the three types of rhetoric in Book II, Chapter 18?

3. What was the periodic form of prose, and why did Aristotle prefer it?

4. Based on Aristotle's discussion at the beginning of Book II, Chapter 12, which things could influence a person's feelings?

5. Based on the information in Book III, Chapter 10, which ideas could a metaphor help to deliver and why?

6. Which styles of political, forensic, and epideictic rhetoric were discussed at the end of Book III, Chapter 12?

7. What clarification did Aristotle make about amplification, enthymemes, and the soundness of enthymemes at the end of the section?

8. In Aristotle's opinion, why were non-logical ways necessary to convince certain audiences of a sound argument?

9. How did Aristotle compare a simile and a metaphor in Book III, Chapter 4?

10. What was the benefit of using actual facts, the first type of example?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the three main areas of rhetoric, their applications, styles, and the specific types of points that each were effective in delivering. Also, provide a current example of each area to depict how they are being used in modern times.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast enthymemes and examples in rhetoric. Include an analysis of the twenty eight forms of enthymemes, the two types of examples, Aristotle's reference to historical and political examples of both, and how enthymemes and examples were applied to rhetoric in general.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze Aristotle's views on interrogation, including his advice for interrogators as well as his advice for a person that is being interrogated.

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