Rhetoric - the Art of Persuasion

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Yet another idea for an entry I could write, it would have a link to A821107 and to A3816795
Offsite link - http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/silva.htm

someday, maybe...

Aristotle

counterpoint of dialectic
3 modes of persuasion
- the character of the speaker, based on his words
- putting the audience into a certain frame of mind
- the proof provided by the speech itself.

enthymeme is an syllogism with commonly accepted, implied points

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