Three Out of Five Canons of Rhetoric

Three Out of Five Canons of Rhetoric

By: Kathleen Skelly

Chapter three has many good points. It starts out by grabbing your attention of one event and all the things that could be captured by that particular event. In the canons of rhetoric you must first start out by inventing an argument. By doing this you must remember to use pathos, ethos, and logos. You have to keep the little things in mind, which can always make a huge difference in the end. After you have invented an argument you can start the arrangement of your argument. This is very important; because this will affect the way the audience will respond to it. There are many different strategies of going about this from a chronological structure to a deferred thesis. No matter though what structure you use, you must have a good beginning, detailed middle with lots of support, and outstanding ending.

Then you move onto my favorite part, step three styling the argument. You have to invent a thesis, make sure it is more at the start of the argument. If you do not have a thesis though you must have a main idea. You have to figure out again how you want to get the point across to your audience, by your voice, or maybe even the lingo. It is very import to set a persona, how you want the audience to view you. Never forget that you need to have a good opening and closing, because that is what people remember most about what you speak and write. Remember that the little things make a difference from quotations, to the returning to an opening idea at the end. It is very helpful to put together a position paper, which only deals with one side of the issue. Even writing a multiple sides can also help. You might also have to synthesize a paper, which means to combine into one. These are all helpful ways to compose and argument. Hopefully all these strategies will help everyone.