Rhetoric

Rhetoric was valued by the Greeks for its use in daily deliberations while to the Romans, its use was largely academic. When we think of rhetoric we usually think of the Greek terms listed on these pages.

Review of 'A Glossary of Terms in Grammar, Rhetoric, and Prosody"
Smith includes all terms you need to teach or study elementary or intermediate Latin and Greek, since those are the classes on which the book was tested. It is divided thematically into the three major sections of grammar, rhetoric, and prosody, plus introduction. Also see: Figures of Speech to Know for the AP Latin Exam .

Quintilian - Marcus Fabius Quintilianus
Quintilian was one of the most important ancient rhetoricians in the history of education.

Ancient Sources on Roman Education
The oratorical writing of Quintilian and Ovid are a start for the study of sources on ancient Roman education.

Aristotle on Logical Fallacies in Arguments
A list of the 13 logical fallacies Aristotle lists in Sophistical Refutations.

Polysyndeton
Definition of the rhetorical term polysyndeton

Errors
From Donatus, 12 types of errors: barbarism, solecism, acyrologia, cacemphaton, pleonasm, perissology, macrology, tautology, eclipse, tapinosis, cacosyntheton, and amphiboly

Other Errors
From Donatus, 12 types of errors: barbarism, solecism, acyrologia, cacemphaton, pleonasm, perissology, macrology, tautology, eclipse, tapinosis, cacosyntheton, and amphiboly

Silva Rhetoricae
The forest of rhetoric includes "trees" on Situation (kairos and decorum), Appeals, Branches of Oratory, Canons, Ability, Pedagogy, and General Strategies, using clear historical examples.

Isocrates: Against the Sophists
The text in English, from the Perseus project begins by criticizing educators for making vain promises.

Forest of Rhetoric
An online rhetorical guide to both classical and renaissance rhetoric. This silva rhetoricae has many great examples!

Donatus, de tropis
Thirteen types of tropes metaphor, catachresis, metalepsis, metonymy, antonomasia, epitheton, synecdoche, onomatopoeia, periphrasis, hyperbaton, hyperbole, allegory, and homoeosis.

Cicero Home Page
If you want to know about the world's most famous orator, go here. Everything you want to know is there! Graphics, translations, texts, bios, etc.

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