Exam 5: Rhetoric at Rome

Provide the term for the following definitions: -System for discovering arguments by identifying points where clash or disagreement was likely to occur in a case or debate.

What were Cicero's five canons of rhetoric as discussed in De Inventione? Briefly describe each.

Which of the following options expresses the three functions Cicero assigns to oratory?

What are the five parts of a judicial speech as described in works such as Cicero's De Inventione and the Rhetorica ad Herennium? Identify and briefly describe each part.

Which of the following was the focus of a system developed by Cicero to discover arguments by identifying where points of conflict or disagreement would take place in a case or debate?

________________ was the Roman rhetorician who is credited as the inventor of literary criticism and emphasized rhetoric's application to good writing.

Which of the following did Quintilian classify as admissible proof for orators to use?

The Romans were entranced by Greek culture and adopted many of their concepts and systems, especially the Athenian belief in democracy and that all free men should be politically equal.

What were the five parts of a speech that Quintilian taught to his students?

List and briefly describe the four basic types of issues that characterize Cicero's stasis system as discussed in Book I of De Inventione.

Provide the term for the following definitions: -The control of voice and body in a manner suitable to the dignity of the subject matter and the style.

Throughout his rhetorical theory, Cicero sought the union of _______________ and eloquence, believing that without having each of these components rhetoric was either useless or dangerous.

Roman culture placed less value on the individual citizen than in the collective response of the _________________, the Latin term for the citizenry and its legitimate rights and concerns.

Quintilian believed that an accomplished orator was necessarily a good citizen using their rhetorical powers for the benefit of Rome, and that someone of poor moral character could not fake eloquence.

Provide the term for the following definitions: -Gatherings of citizens in the Forum.

________________ is the name Cicero gives to the part of a judicial speech that acts as an introduction and is designed to capture the audience's attention.

Cicero held that eloquence had been separated from some other crucial factor in Roman rhetoric. What is that other factor? Why was he concerned to bring these two qualities together?

Compare and contrast Cicero's two major works on rhetoric, De Inventione and De Oratore. About when in Cicero's lifetime was each written? With what kinds of issues is each concerned? In which does Cicero develop his canons of oratory? In which does he develop a theory of humor? How are these two works on rhetoric different?

In what three ways did Longinus extend the rhetorical tradition?

The Roman's legal code was vastly more complex than that used by the Athenians, and therefore Roman orators had a particular interest in judicial argument.