The Aristotelian Rhetorical System

  1. The Kinds of Rhetoric

Kind

Judge

Subject

Time

End

Deliberative

Future things

Hortatory/ dissuasive

Future

Expedient/ harmful

Forensic

Past things

Accusatory/ defensive

Past

Just/ unjust

Epideictic

Ability of speaker

Praise/ blame

Present

Honorable/ disgraceful

 

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