enthymeme

• 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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