Five Canons of Persuasion

July 20, 2025
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Inventio, or invention: you select what you want to say;

Dispositio, or arrangement: you decide on the order in which to say it;

Elocutio, or style: you choose a way in which to say it;

Memoria, or memory: you remember all you want to say;

Pronunciatio, or delivery: and then you say it.

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