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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. What was thought to be incorrect about the example of the misuse of the epithet that Aristotle provided?

2. As explained by Aristotle in Book III, Chapter 10, how should effective prose express its important points?

3. As explained in Book III, Chapter 3, in what way did writers misuse the epithet?

4. Based on Aristotle's views, how should any good speech be appropriate?

5. In order to object to an argument using Aristotle's explanations, how might it be attacked?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did Aristotle define the application of vivid descriptions in rhetoric?

5. What were some of the characteristics of a refutative enthymeme?

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

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

8. What were the four ways that Aristotle listed about how objections could be raised?

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

10. What value could surprises have in a speech, and what were some of the forms they could take?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define narration as it is used in rhetoric or in a speech, including an explanation of which forms of rhetoric were most likely to use narration and why, and the similarities and differences between narration in literature and narration in speaking.

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

Describe in detail the mechanics of language, the formation of words, and the elements of clarity and style in prose. Also, provide an analysis of the differences between written prose and spoken prose.

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