The Common Topics

The Common Topics

=Four Traditional Topics=

#Past Fact (Circumstance)
#Possible/Impossible (Possibility)
#Future Fact (Circumstance)
#Greater/Lesser (Comparison)

Expanded List of Topics

Edward P.J. Corbett and Robert J. Connors expanded the list in their book Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student to include:

*Definition
**genus
**division
**other modes include synonyms, etymology, description, and example
*Comparison
**similarity
**difference
**degree
*Relationship
**cause and effect
**antecedent and consequence
**contraries
**contradictions
*Circumstance
**possible and impossible
**past fact and future fact
*Testimony
**authority
**testimonial
**statistics
**maxims
**laws
**precedents

References

[http://www.u.arizona.edu/~tkinney/pdf/handouts/commontopics.pdf]

ee also

Rhetoric (Aristotle)


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