The Forest of Rhetoric Scavenger Hunt
1. Throughout the ages, rhetoric has been a discipline which trains students in which
two fundamental skills?
2. Explain the difference between form and content.
3. The concept of kairos is closely linked to what two other considerations?
4. Define decorum.
5. List two rhetorical vices.
6. Explain stasis and list two types of stasis.
7. What are the three rhetorical appeals? Which appeal was preferred by Aristotle?
8. What makes a syllogism a “figure of reasoning” or appeal to logos?
9. Read the “figures of pathos”. Are any familiar to you? List them.
10. Explain ethos.
11. List the three branches of oratory and explain their differing functions.
12. Which two canons of rhetoric have received the least attention?
13. List some of the “common” topics of invention.
14. What is the arrangement of classical oration? According to Cicero, how do the
three appeals relate to the different parts of classical arrangement ?
15. List the virtues of style.
16. List the three levels of style and their respective purposes.
17. What is the difference between figures of speech and figures of thought?
18. What is the difference between rhetorical schemes and rhetorical tropes?
19. Explore the rhetorical figures on the right-hand side of the page. Find three
figures with wacky names and write the following:
A. definition
B. example
C. related figures
20. What is the Greek word for delivery?
21. What are the three areas of rhetorical ability that Cicero’s characters debate?
22. Fill in the blanks: Rhetorical pedagogy relied upon a very close relationship
between ___________and___________, ____________and___________.
23. Choose one of the progymnasmata or declamations and use the directions to
complete it. Label the exercise that you chose and attach it to your scavenger hunt.
For instance, I might write a confirmation of the most recent Harry Potter movie
or a vituperation of Lindsey Lohan.
24. List the four categories of change.
25. Who wrote the Ad Herennium? During what time period did Erasmus write about
rhetoric?
Feel free to further explore the “flowers” of rhetoric on the right-hand side of the
webpage. Hope you learned something!!!