Progymnasmata

Progymnasmata
Title Progymnasmata PDF eBook
Author George Alexander Kennedy
Publisher BRILL
Pages 254
Release 2003
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 9789004127234

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This volume provides an English translation of four Greek treatises written during the time of the Roman empire and attributed to Theon, Hermogenes, Aphthonius, and Nicolaus. Several of these works are translated here for the first time. Paperback edition available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org).

Libanius's Progymnasmata

Libanius's Progymnasmata
Title Libanius's Progymnasmata PDF eBook
Author Libanius
Publisher Society of Biblical Lit
Pages 603
Release 2008
Genre Foreign Language Study
ISBN 1589833600

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The Rhetorical Exercises of Nikephoros Basilakes

The Rhetorical Exercises of Nikephoros Basilakes
Title The Rhetorical Exercises of Nikephoros Basilakes PDF eBook
Author Nikēphoros (ho Vasilakēs)
Publisher Harvard University Press
Pages 417
Release 2016-10-31
Genre Foreign Language Study
ISBN 0674660242

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Progymnasmata, exercises in the study of declamation, were the cornerstone of elite education from Hellenistic through Byzantine times. The Rhetorical Exercises of Nikephoros Basilakes, translated here into English for the first time, illuminate teaching and literary culture in one of the most important epochs of the Byzantine Empire.

Writing Adn Rhetoric Book 1: Fable

Writing Adn Rhetoric Book 1: Fable
Title Writing Adn Rhetoric Book 1: Fable PDF eBook
Author Tchr Edition
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 2013-08-15
Genre Fables
ISBN 9781600512179

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Writing & Rhetoric Book 1: Fable Teacher's Edition includes the comlete studetn text, as well as answer keys, teacher's notes, and explanations. For every writing assignment, this edition also supplies descriptions and examples of waht excellentstudent writing should look like, providing the teacher with meaningful and concrete guidance."

Writing and Rhetoric Book 2: Narrative 1

Writing and Rhetoric Book 2: Narrative 1
Title Writing and Rhetoric Book 2: Narrative 1 PDF eBook
Author Narrative Tchr
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 2013-08-15
Genre Rhetoric
ISBN 9781600512193

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Writing & Rhetoric Book 2: Narrative 1 Teacher's Edition includes the complete student text, as well as answer keys, teacher's notes, and explanations. For every writing assignment, this edition also supplies diescriptions adn examples of what excellent student writing should look like, providing the teacher with meaningful and concrete guidance.

The Chreia and Ancient Rhetoric

The Chreia and Ancient Rhetoric
Title The Chreia and Ancient Rhetoric PDF eBook
Author Ronald F. Hock
Publisher BRILL
Pages 440
Release 2002-01-01
Genre Religion
ISBN 9789004126565

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This volume features thirty-six translated texts illustrating the use of the chreia, or anecdote, in Greco-Roman classrooms to teach reading, writing, and composition. This ancient literary form preserves the wit and wisdom of famous philosophers, orators, kings, and poets. Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org).

Composition in the Classical Tradition

Composition in the Classical Tradition
Title Composition in the Classical Tradition PDF eBook
Author Frank J. D'Angelo
Publisher Pearson
Pages 296
Release 1999
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN

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Composition in the Classical Tradition borrows from late antiquity a series of composition exercises called the progymnasmata to teach the art of persuasion. The exercises apply an understanding of the invention and composition of arguments from ancient rhetoric to a writer's own forms of persuasive communication. This book is structured to provide an effectively graded sequence of exercises, manageable at each step, from the simple to the more difficult and from the concrete to the abstract, within an explicit rhetorical framework. Learn how to compose an essay or a speech by first becoming proficient at its parts Composition in the Classical Tradition features a variety of ancient forms myths, historical episodes, descriptions, fables, proverbs, anecdotes, and speeches for readers to enjoy while learning how to write and speak persuasively. For anyone interested in composition and classical rhetoric.