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Aristotelian rhetoric, briefly defined as the ability to find all means of persuasion in any given situation (legal, political, social), considers the enthymeme as the "body of persuasion."— you are here
One can think of the enthymeme as a shortened syllogism, an important persuasive technique most good orators innately understand and employ, along with the other three means of persuasion -- ethos, pathos, and logos.— you are here
Slide 11: Thesis Sentence, Enthymeme, or Hypothesis A thesis sentences advances a conclusion the writer will defend An enthymeme uses a 'because' clause to make a claim the writer will defend A hypothesis is a theory that must be tested in the lab, in the literature, and / or by field research to prove its validity— Recently Uploaded Slideshows
It expresses itself, not in a mere enunciation, but by an enthymeme: it is of the nature of science from the first, and in this consists its dignity.— The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin
In the enthymeme, "Henry is a coward; he dare not run away from school," the suppressed premise, "All persons who will not run away from school, are cowards," is not true, and so invalidates the conclusion.— Composition-Rhetoric

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