Catechism
The art of expressing thoughts, ideas, and emotions through words arranged meaningfully.
What is writing?
Retelling a story.
A way of looking at two or more people, objects, ideas, or events to identify how they are alike and different.
What is a comparison?
Richness & flexibility in language.
What is copiousness?
An incremental ancient writing program designed to teach students to write and speak clearly and persuasively.
What is the progymnasmata?
A speech or an essay that gives warm, glowing praise about a specific person.
What is an encomium?
The first paragraph of the comparison.
What is the introduction?
Adding details to writing through dialogue, description, and detailed action.
Invention, arrangement, and elocution.
What are the canons that relate to writing?
A short essay that attacks certain parts of a narrative based on its being unbelievable, improbable, unclear, or improper.
What is a refutation?
The location of a direct quote.
What is the 2nd or 3rd paragraph and the 4th or 5th paragraph?
Uses words in clever ways to be more persuasive.
What is a rhetorical device?
Invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery.
What are the five canons of rhetoric?
An essay that attacks or defends certain aspects of human nature.
What is a commonplace?
A list of similarities and differences.
What is the first step in writing a comparison?
A comparison in which one thing is used to describe another thing, using the terms "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
Lord, there is no one like you among the gods,
and there are no works like yours.
What is Psalm 86:8?
A short essay or remembrance that praises the author of a saying and shows why the saying is useful.
What is a chreia?
Reflection on something important that can be learned from the comparison.
What is part of the conclusion?
A rhetorical device in which the speaker asks a question and then immediately supplies the answer.
What is hypophora?